Government ‘not in favour’ of controversial efforts to dim the sun
Ministers have expressed their opposition to efforts to reflect more of the sun’s rays back into space, noting they are “not in favour”.
Commons Leader Sir Alan Campbell warned that solar radiation modification could expose the climate and environment to "risks", after a Labour MP called for a debate on geoengineering experiment rules.
It's a weird world where shamelessly useless fund-hunting can be upgraded to 'controversial'.
So... 'zebra fields' are the next Net Zero wheeze. Fields of rows of absorbent black solar cells alternating with rows of shiny reflecting cells. Luckily with all those small farms selling up there will be plenty of space.
ReplyDeleteDJ - that's an idea, or everyone could put aluminium foil on their roof in summer and take it down in winter, facilitated by government grants for jumbo packs of Bacofoil.
ReplyDelete"Commons Leader Sir Alan Campbell" I am getting old: what on earth is a "Commons Leader"?
ReplyDeletedearieme - without looking it up I've no idea. Something to do with organising remedial classes for MPs perhaps.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the only aspects of the whole Gorbal Worming nonsense that actually worries me. These clowns don't understand the atmosphere and all its interactions, obviously, so they might casually doing something that really would have terrible consequences - unpredicted of course. They really should be stopped.
ReplyDeletePeter - I agree, it's very dodgy and the nonsense on which it is based should not receive yet more money.
ReplyDeleteIt puzzles me what they would use to dim the sun ..If it was something in the atmosphere it would be dispersed by the currents and turbulence up there and if it was something in space, the the area to just shield the UK would be enormous. And how would they get whatever it is up there. Elon, have I got a deal for you.
ReplyDeleteJohn - yes, it doesn't get anywhere near passing the plausibility test. Research on what happens now is interesting, but justifying it like this is bonkers.
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