Sky News reported that a group of scientists proposed releasing huge amounts of aerosol chemicals from 125 military jets over the North and South Poles in a desperate attempt to refreeze the melting ice caps.
We would have to fly 175,000 flights of high-flying spy planes and drones every year in order to make a difference. Smith claims that it would still be worth it.
He said it was aspirin, not penicillin. Decarbonization is not a substitute for it.
The plan calls for 125 air-to-air refuelers to fly over the planet's poles and release sulfur dioxide particles.
The particles would block the sun's rays from hitting the polar regions.
According to Smith's study, just over 13 tons of particles could cool the polar regions by 3.6 degrees.
The release of harmful carbon dioxide emissions from planes flying at high altitudes is a terrible idea according to experts.
Sky News says solar shading could have negative effects on agriculture.
A group of Harvard researchers suggested testing out a similar idea last year. Local adversary groups forced the experiment to be abandoned, even though it was too controversial.
Smith said that the polar regions are only extremely sparse.
Smith said that the risk-benefit equation would pay off anywhere. All of humanity would be interested in any turn of the global thermostat.
Scientists want to spray sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere to refreeze North and South Poles.
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