From geo-engineering to bicycling

Changes in the exhaust smoke from ocean freighters starts us on a path to thinking about geo-engineering. Listen in.

The reading list:

Ocean warming a consequence of cutting back on fossil fuel use by container ships

  • Twitter thread starts here

https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1687535525169930241?t=eDy85gcqMxaxyQwtbs6vsw&s=19

  • thread in PDF form (easier to read)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S5GNL_6Qf21KG_sP03btxa0oTiGLnVxO/view?usp=drive_link

Also ->

https://www.science.org/content/article/changing-clouds-unforeseen-test-geoengineerin

g-fueling-record-ocean-warmth  

https://www.science.org/content/article/changing-clouds-unforeseen-test-geoengineering-fueling-record-ocean-warmth

Podcast articles on interview with Wake Smith recorded earlier in 2023

https://massclimateaction.podbean.com/e/pandora-s-panic-button-or-why-we-should-be-thinking-about-solar-radiation-management/

https://massclimateaction.podbean.com/e/opening-pandora-s-toolbox-or-why-we-should-be-thinking-about-co2-removal/

Mt Pinatubo

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/06/30/congressionally-mandated-report-on-solar-radiation-modification/

Other related articles on making sunsets & geoengineering

https://makesunsets.com/pages/faq

https://www.axios.com/2023/02/28/geoengineering-climate-change-research-scientists

back to the stone age for building materials

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/08/the-guardian-back-to-stone-age.html

8 things that must be done to avoid the worst

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/08/8-things-world-must-do-to-avoid-worst.html

Find the current global CO2 ppm here

How many days ‘til 2030?

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon that protects environmental justice communities.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre


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