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  1. The Alchemist The Alchemist is offline

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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 6:53pm)

    <h1>Obama May Block Sun's Rays to End Global Warming</h1>
    Wednesday, April 08, 2009
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    WASHINGTON — The president's new science adviser said Wednesday that global warming is so dire, the Obama administration is discussing radical technologies to cool Earth's air.

    John Holdren told The Associated Press in his first interview since being confirmed last month that the idea of geoengineering the climate is being discussed.

    One such extreme option includes shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun's rays. Holdren said such an experimental measure would only be used as a last resort.

    "It's got to be looked at," he said. "We don't have the luxury of taking any approach off the table."

    • Click here to visit FOXNews.com's Natural Science Center.

    Holdren outlined several "tipping points" involving global warming that could be fast approaching.

    Once such milestones are reached, such as complete loss of summer sea ice in the Arctic, it increases chances of "really intolerable consequences," he said.

    Twice in a half-hour interview, Holdren compared global warming to being "in a car with bad brakes driving toward a cliff in the fog."

    At first, Holdren characterized the potential need to technologically tinker with the climate as just his personal view. However, he went on to say he has raised it in administration discussions.

    Holdren, a 65-year-old physicist, is far from alone in taking geoengineering more seriously.

    The National Academy of Science is making climate tinkering the subject of its first workshop in its new multidiscipline climate challenges program.

    The British parliament has also discussed the idea.

    The American Meteorological Society is crafting a policy statement on geoengineering that says "it is prudent to consider geoengineering's potential, to understand its limits and to avoid rash deployment."

    Last week, Princeton scientist Robert Socolow told the National Academy that geoengineering should be an available option in case climate worsens dramatically.
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    But Holdren noted that shooting particles into the air — making an artificial volcano as one Nobel laureate has suggested — could have grave side effects and would not completely solve all the problems from soaring greenhouse gas emissions.

    So such actions could not be taken lightly, he said.

    Still, "we might get desperate enough to want to use it," he added.

    Another geoengineering option he mentioned was the use of so-called artificial trees to suck carbon dioxide — the chief human-caused greenhouse gas — out of the air and store it.

    At first that seemed prohibitively expensive, but a re-examination of the approach shows it might be less costly, he said.

    cliffnotes: some people are stupid as hell

    p.s. this wasnt intended to be an anti-obama thread, rather a people are stupid/global warming crap gone to far thread.

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  2. wantagolf wantagolf is offline Moderator

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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 7:01pm) in reply to The Alchemist

    I am sure it will help him get some more votes cause people will believe he is doing something about global warming, other than cutting emissions?
     
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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 7:03pm) in reply to The Alchemist

  4. FenwayKing FenwayKing is offline The Well: FenwayKing

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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 7:04pm) in reply to The Alchemist

    lol the title made me think it was an onion article...
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  5. jtown1010 jtown1010 is offline

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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 7:08pm) in reply to wantagolf

    Sending pollutants into the higher atmospheres sounds incredibly unpredictable, imo.

    Then again this is coming from a guy that got a B in Meteorology his junior year in high school.

    But on the other hand, that was the class I had during lunch/study hall, so I would be absent a lot.
  6. kidrockin kidrockin is offline cro magnon

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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 7:11pm) in reply to FenwayKing

    dad used to plant "shade trees" in the garden. One day the disappeared and he blamed my friends. It took me six years to figure that one out.

    thxs for the memories
     
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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 7:15pm) in reply to FenwayKing

     
    Originally Posted by FenwayKing View Post

    lol the title made me think it was an onion article...

    Me too. I laughed at first then I became scared.
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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 7:26pm) in reply to The Alchemist

    this is borderline retardation
  9. BadAllergies BadAllergies is offline

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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 7:27pm) in reply to The Alchemist

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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 7:29pm) in reply to The Alchemist

    assasination?
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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 8:03pm) in reply to scarface_79

    sun blocker
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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 8:45pm) in reply to BadAllergies

    coconut is yucky
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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 9:40pm) in reply to H@BB@KUK

    solution to your problems

  14. Leet8s Leet8s is offline usausausausausa

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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 9:54pm) in reply to TMLMS13

    Obv hold the gun with your thumb on the trigger and your other four fingers holding the grip like one of those hand strengthener things. Sick design for a gun, I would def use it
     
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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 9:57pm) in reply to Leet8s

     
    Originally Posted by Leet8s View Post

    Obv hold the gun with your thumb on the trigger and your other four fingers holding the grip like one of those hand strengthener things. Sick design for a gun, I would def use it

    It would be an awkward grip imo, I would hold it like a close range machine gun, left hand on grip, right hand on trigger.
  16. MadProfesor MadProfesor is offline

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    Apr 8th, 2009 (4/8/2009 9:58pm) in reply to BadAllergies

    the onion >> fox news
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    Apr 9th, 2009 (4/9/2009 12:08am) in reply to The Alchemist

    alcohol is the correct answer
  18. Echelon Echelon is offline

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    Apr 9th, 2009 (4/9/2009 12:10am) in reply to jtown1010

    This is hilarious.

    Lets build a HUGE FAN, no?
  19. Neeek Neeek is offline

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    Apr 9th, 2009 (4/9/2009 12:15am) in reply to The Alchemist

    another guy has the idea of sending billions of tiny mirrors into orbit to reflect sunlight.

    dont knock it till you tried it IMO.
  20. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Apr 9th, 2009 (4/9/2009 11:18am) in reply to The Alchemist

    ohhhhh my head
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