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Save the World From Global Warming!

Filed Under Misc., Rants, Science News

Continuing in yesterday’s grand tradition of highlighting the stellar work of other bloggers (because I don’t have time to write my own stuff), I would like to point you guys to Anne Minard’s blog, 100 Days of Science, for a wicked article about saving the world from climate change.

These aren’t your run-of-the-mill “buy a hybrid” type solutions. I quote:

Roger Angel, an astronomer at the University of Arizona, has proposed something even more radical. He wants to fire trillions of sun-deflecting mirrors a million miles beyond Earth using a huge cannon with a barrel more than half a mile across. He’s already got NASA funding for a pilot study, and he’s commissioned an inventor. He knows the cost will be steep — around $350 trillion (100 Days of Science)

A half-mile cannon to stop global warming.  That’s climate science that even the neocon defence hawks can get behind!  On the other hand, $350 trillion dollars is approximately 5 times more than the GDP of the entire world.  Take that, Stimulus package!

Check out the full (and awesome) post at 100 Days of Science.

Comments

5 Responses to “Save the World From Global Warming!”

  1. Raptor Lewis on March 17th, 2009 1:12 pm

    Is Global Warming that big of a deal?

  2. admin on March 17th, 2009 1:18 pm

    It depends. If it’s ONLY going to wipe out the a bunch of major cities because of rising sea levels, maybe not.

    If it’s going to cause a major extinction event, then yes, I would say it’s that big a deal.

  3. Anne Minard on March 17th, 2009 5:04 pm

    Thanks for the kudos, eTrilobite!

  4. Raptor Lewis on March 19th, 2009 7:00 pm

    Exactly!! And if our planet turns into Mars and/or Venus than yes. See? Crichton knows all…or he did, lol. I, personally, am not worried. I was wondering whether we should worry about it or not. This kind of thing has gone on for millions of years….nearly billions.

  5. admin on March 19th, 2009 7:21 pm

    What’s worrisome now is that it’s happening much faster. Global warming and cooling happens all the time, but we’ve never seen human-caused climate change.

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