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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:49 AM Original message |
so, who likes the idea of artificial volcanoes? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Can we just wait until Bush causes a nukular winter? |
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progressive_realist (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. I think this is the only plan to reverse global warming... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Here are some suggestive figures.... |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. well, what is the math |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I think we're all going to find out... |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. how does this compare |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It is the equivilant mass of 68.4 million space stations |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. figures from pinatubo |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Here are the numbers, re-run... |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. i am quite math challenged. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Ahh, but that's wrapped up in space-ship. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. But what would that do to the trees, the Amazon forests? |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. i do not know these answers, but |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. But we haven't had any man-made volcano dust put into our atmosphere |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. why would it be different than a natural eruption? |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Can you give some links to that science? |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. if i had it, this would be a very different thread. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Can you say, "acid rain"? |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. that is why i was saying volcanic dust, which |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. When Pinatubo erupted it put a lot of stuff into the stratosphere. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It also caused stratospheric ozone depletion |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. If not sulfur dioxide, then methane and CO2 |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. chalk dust did occur to me. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Chalk Dust? |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. not sure how much you can extrapolate |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Holy shit, I'm a math prof. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I hope so. I've been sniffing them for years. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Legitimate concern, but consider |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Well, if it could work, would htink it would have ot be done right the fir |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It would be far easier to control than the OP's first suggestion |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. i'm sold. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sure, let's just kick-start the Siberian Traps. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. well, i just did a quick google, so |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I admit, it is an exaggeration. A rather big one. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. you misunderstand |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Ahh, well that's not crazy at all. |
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GreenGreenLimaBean (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. This has already been calculated....$25 - $50 billion dollars |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. yeah, that's the story. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. Maybe I'm being dim, but what about water? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I know that higher is better. Engineered cirrus clouds? |
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