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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

With Geoengineering Outlawed, Will Only Outlaws Have Geoengineering?

With Geoengineering Outlawed, Will Only Outlaws Have Geoengineering? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com: "What is the appropriate response to this news?

It probably depends on your view of the world — of politics, the environment, and human nature. Should one ignore the snowstorms and chalk them up to the Chinese simply being Chinese? Or should one think about these small-scale geoengineering exercises as a potential threat to the world’s geopolitical balance? It isn’t hard to imagine the trouble that might result if governmental snow- and rain-making became commonplace: one drought-ridden country declares war on its neighbor after the neighbor “steals” its rainfall."

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