Controversial technologies intended to offset the effects of atmospheric carbon should banned until properly assessed, a group of politicians and scientists have warned, even as they urged developed nations to lead in cutting CO2 emissions.
As much as I wish we could take our time with developing safe and well-tested technology before commiting to more large-scale efforts, the earth is on fire and we need drastic action now. The way I see it, even if it goes bad, we’re on a fast downward tumble already so how bad could it be?
There need to be drastic action to reduce emissions. Geoengeneirng is in large part an attempt at dodging much needed emission reduction.
Don’t assume it can’t get worse.
Our current tumble is for the Statue of Liberty to end up underwater in the next 800 years or so, and billions having to relocate to survivable areas.
With the wrong large scale technologies, we risk getting something like the CFC effect, which managed to create a continent-sized hole in the ozone layer in barely 50 years.
There are several intervention methods already available, that could have disastrous consequences. Like, adding nutrients to sea water to promote algae growth and killing fish populations on a large scale, or releasing some aerosols that reflect sun rays, but just happen to be toxic.
