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Environment & Energy

Nihil

(13,508 posts)

10. "The sulphate must flow!"

Reply to hatrack (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 08:24 AM

Jul 2013

Consider how generally basically immoral we (collectively) are with regards to
the crimes currently justified for profit.

Now add to this heap of greed-driven crime an even larger one of fear-driven crime
and consider the future in such a foul place.

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Climate change: some reasons for our failures [View all] GliderGuider Jul 2013 OP

Good article, ... CRH Jul 2013 #1

They talk about their green cars at the Sierra Club... hunter Jul 2013 #5

When you step back two paces and squint a bit... GliderGuider Jul 2013 #6

This is true. hunter Jul 2013 #7

Aha! You might like this, then. GliderGuider Jul 2013 #8

Those are some scary thoughts... hunter Jul 2013 #13

It can go two ways. joshcryer Jul 2013 #15

Not another dirty old hippie, ... CRH Jul 2013 #12

"... [can] humankind very rapidly wean itself from [fossil fuels]?" joshcryer Jul 2013 #2

Another possibility - sulphate injection blackmail, if we take the geoengineering route hatrack Jul 2013 #3

"The sulphate must flow!" Nihil Jul 2013 #10

Another weaning issue is all the built-out infrastructure that must be maintained. GliderGuider Jul 2013 #4

When I think of geo engineering, ... CRH Jul 2013 #11

It's, sadly, a very straightforward method. joshcryer Jul 2013 #14

The other thing that never seems to come up during geoengineering discussions . . . hatrack Jul 2013 #16

There are already proposals to dump minerals in the oceans. joshcryer Jul 2013 #17

Eat, fight, or drive. Pick just one. Iterate Jul 2013 #9