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Lorkki | 2 years ago

The expert opinions that I've seen so far have indicated that geoengineering at any scale that we're realistically able to produce on a short notice is unlikely to have a sufficient effect on climate change. Essentially it's a pipe dream at best, and a way to create additional (localised) disasters at worst.

If the only proper argument for doing it is that "the left" is against it and "the right" is for it, that seems comparatively weak.

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NoMoreNicksLeft|2 years ago

The expert opinions that come from the same people who don't want it to happen? How much are those worth?

notahacker|2 years ago

That sounds like a critique far more applicable to non-experts arguing that there's no need for any kind of modification to our consumption patterns or energy use, because if "the left" really cared about the environment they'd just set off our nukes or radically change the composition of our oceans instead

Lorkki|2 years ago

It would be pretty strange for experts to recommend doing something that they consider ineffective or harmful.