Focus on climate mitigation; give geoengineering a chance


	Focus on climate mitigation; give geoengineering a chance

nuttyriv3r

9-6-2009 7:30 PM

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british royal society, carbon dioxide removal, carbon hoax, enhanced weathering, geoengineering, solar radiation management

nuttyriv3r says:

Extravagant doublethink in action for the socially engineered: Pollute to counter pollution's effects. Huh? Didn't I see this in a Simpson's episode? Maybe that show was some sort of Murdoch sponsored conditioning? Nah. Nor could Captain Planet have been some sort of Turner sponsored conditioning.

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