ApocaDocs: Threat of global warming sparks U.S. interest in geoengineering

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Posted Tue Oct 5 2010: from Washington Post:


	Threat of global warming sparks U.S. interest in geoengineering http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1286238345 It's come to this: Climate-conscious policymakers are beginning to contemplate the possibility of playing God with the weather in the hope of slowing global warming. For years it was considered downright wacky in official Washington to discuss geoengineering: altering the climate by reflecting sunlight back into the sky, sucking carbon dioxide from the air - or a host of other gee-whiz schemes. But in the past year the wacky has won a following, spurred in part by the recent collapse of climate legislation as well as by growing interest among private entrepreneurs and foreign officials.

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'Doc Jim says:

That whole "playing God" thing has worked out great so far!