Climate scientists: it's time for 'Plan B'

With motorists still exercising their right to drive their gas-
guzzlers regardless, which is perhaps a reflection of their energy
consumption as a whole and massive carbon footprint, it all looks
pretty hopeless doesn't it.

"An emergency "Plan B" using the latest technology is needed to save
the world from dangerous climate change, according to a poll of
leading scientists carried out by The Independent. The collective
international failure to curb the growing emissions of carbon dioxide
(CO2) in the atmosphere has meant that an alternative to merely
curbing emissions may become necessary.

The plan would involve highly controversial proposals to lower global
temperatures artificially through daringly ambitious schemes that
either reduce sunlight levels by man-made means or take CO2 out of the
air. This "geoengineering" approach – including schemes such as
fertilising the oceans with iron to stimulate algal blooms – would
have been dismissed as a distraction a few years ago but is now being
seen by the majority of scientists we surveyed as a viable emergency
backup plan that could save the planet from the worst effects of
climate change, at least until deep cuts are made in CO2 emissions..."

More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/climate-scientists-its-time-for-plan-b-1221092.html

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