One interesting aspect of marine cloud brightening is that it can be used very locally.
Using it around the Antarctic to increase the amount of ice might be a good project. It will be a lot cheaper than changing global temperatures and at the same time increasing the amount of artic ice would be a clear and measurable success.
It seems that Big Oil companies generally care about being able to have policy proposals about how to address climate change that are not about limiting their ability to make profits. What would it take to make “marine cloud brightening in the Antarctic” part of their agenda?
One important distinction is between weather effects that are over time periods that are easy to predict and longer time periods where the cause and effect can’t be predicted.
Redirecting hurricanes would be very valuable but if you look at the governance of the US, I think it’s very hard to imagine that processes would be created that manage it well.
You don’t want the effects to be predictable enough that people can sue for weather that’s inconvenient for their goals. At least in the beginning that might prevent technology deployment.
One interesting aspect of marine cloud brightening is that it can be used very locally.
Using it around the Antarctic to increase the amount of ice might be a good project. It will be a lot cheaper than changing global temperatures and at the same time increasing the amount of artic ice would be a clear and measurable success.
It seems that Big Oil companies generally care about being able to have policy proposals about how to address climate change that are not about limiting their ability to make profits. What would it take to make “marine cloud brightening in the Antarctic” part of their agenda?
The clouds would be localized, yes, but over longer time periods, heat is carried around by air and water currents.
One important distinction is between weather effects that are over time periods that are easy to predict and longer time periods where the cause and effect can’t be predicted.
Redirecting hurricanes would be very valuable but if you look at the governance of the US, I think it’s very hard to imagine that processes would be created that manage it well.
You don’t want the effects to be predictable enough that people can sue for weather that’s inconvenient for their goals. At least in the beginning that might prevent technology deployment.