From: Forrest Bishop (forrestb@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Wed Nov 26 1997 - 15:47:51 MST
Gregory Sullivan wrote:
>
> Whether "global warming" is currently occurring or will occur in the
> future is somewhat controversial.
Just so. Our CO2 emmissions may just as easily be forestalling an Ice
Age.
> proposals that have been considered by the National Academy of
> Sciences. Of course, some of these proposals can be criticized for
> ignoring unintended consequences, being unrealistic, or being
> hubristic, etc. But they are fun, and one or more of them might work
> in a desirable fashion. We should not foreclose options.
> Reforestation: Reforest 28.7 Mha of economically or environmentally
> marginal crop and pasture lands and nonfederal forest lands to
> sequester 10 percent of U.S. CO_2 emissions.
My personal favorite, though iron seeding the ocean looks promising.
> Gregory Benford
> Climate Controls
> http://www.reasonmag.com/9711/fe.benford.html
> Reason magazine
>
> Blurb from magazine: If we treated global warming as a technical
> problem instead of a moral outrage, we could cool the world.
Precisely why I don't give the matter much thought.
Forrest Bishop
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