The last straw

I never thought that this day would come...I have been driven to blogging to keep my sanity. This blog is in existence because I am so sick and tired of seeing ridiculous climate claims that I impulsively created a blog to vent with you about it (and to discuss baseball).

The article that had propelled me into the blogsphere is from The USA TODAY (2/25/2011) Section B cover story title: "Can Geoengineering put the freeze on global warming?." The article goes on to explain that scientists are concocting ways to reduce global warming by reducing the amount of solar radiation that would be absorbed by the earths surface. One of their serious suggestions is to build a 62,000 mile long three foot wide "sunshade" to dim "1.8%" of sunlight. The cost....o just a few trillion dollars. What? Are you serious? Forgot for a second that "global warming" is actually a cyclical temperature phenomenon that has been occurring since the beginning of time and just look at this suggestion.  They want me to support something that would reduce sunlight by less than 2 percent for a few trillion dollars. That is insanity. This country cannot even feed all of its people but it wants to build a a three foot wide sunshade to reduce sunlight?

Even if you are of the mind that run away global warming is the biggest problem that we face, how can you support this. If this is the best idea for reducing solar radiation I am terrified. Reducing sunlight by 1.8% where? Is this an average or is it for the equator or where. this would have little if any impact. This is scary that people actually think this is a good idea. The climate is its own complex beast that plays by a set of its own rules. We are not going to be able to reverse climate change, epically by a three foot wide sunshade. The climate is a big sine wave, the trick is to figure where your at on it and enjoy the ride and let the sources and sinks battle it out.

Not to say that reducing emissions is a bad thing. That is a great idea for health reasons.But this topic is for another time.

-Josh



Sources: USA Today Friday, February 25, 211 Section B "Can Geoengineering put the freeze on global warming?"