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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
I think with Virgin Airways now you can buy carbon offsets when you fly.
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That scehme is nothing more than robbing Peter to pay Paul. Common sense says don't incur the debt in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Micha
Also there is some weird scheme that planes could drop some garbage in the atmosphere to help cool the planet.
Anyone know the details?
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I have heard boron, but can't find it right now; I heard aluminium dust too and here's a bit on that. >>
Engineering Menu
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Originally Posted by geocrisis
There was an interesting article in the NY Times this week on possible geo-engineering solutions to the global warming problem. The story revolves around a paper that Paul Crutzen (Nobel Prize winner for chemistry related to the CFC/ozone depletion link) has written about deliberately adding sulphate aerosols in the stratosphere to increase the albedo and cool the planet - analogous to the natural effects of volcanoes.
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The contrails themselves are cooling the planet, and I heard a guy saying recently that the new efficient jet engines no longer have black unburned particulates to act as nucliae(sp) for ice crystals, but rather white ash which is making contrails even more reflective. >>
Global Dimming
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Originally Posted by Micha
People do not see any urgency in GW. It is going to take a few international cities to go first. At the moment is only a couple of unimportant pacific islands.
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I'm old enough, as I believe you should be Micha, to react to few urgencies but my own to find a WC.
I'm greener than Kermit, but not because of climate change.
I call for a boycott, then ban, on fast food restaurant kid's toys. Talk about a waste of resources!
