Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment
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Re: Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment
#2It’s quite clear that in 2019 it is not possible to get all powerful entities in the world to work together on an issue like climate change. We should focus on band-aid solutions like reflectors in space above the poles that prevent sun from hitting the earth at all. We are past the “if only everyone bought electric cars” phase of solutions and need special projects that assume the amount of CO2 emitted stays the same or increases.
Re: Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment
#3It’s quite clear that in 2019 it is not possible to get all powerful entities in the world to work together on an issue like climate change. We should focus on band-aid solutions like reflectors in space above the poles that prevent sun from hitting the earth at all. We are past the “if only everyone bought electric cars” phase of solutions and need special projects that assume the amount of CO2 emitted stays the sam…
There's no stationary orbit over the poles
Re: Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment
#4It’s quite clear that in 2019 it is not possible to get all powerful entities in the world to work together on an issue like climate change. We should focus on band-aid solutions like reflectors in space above the poles that prevent sun from hitting the earth at all. We are past the “if only everyone bought electric cars” phase of solutions and need special projects that assume the amount of CO2 emitted stays the sam…
There's no stationary orbit over the poles
If we’re living in “reflectors over the poles” fantasyland, I’m sure we can come up with a way to put continuously firing boosters on it to keep it over the pole.
Re: Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment
#5It’s quite clear that in 2019 it is not possible to get all powerful entities in the world to work together on an issue like climate change. We should focus on band-aid solutions like reflectors in space above the poles that prevent sun from hitting the earth at all. We are past the “if only everyone bought electric cars” phase of solutions and need special projects that assume the amount of CO2 emitted stays the sam…
There's no stationary orbit over the poles
I have no idea if that’s possible, what I mean is we should stop trying to get the US and China to agree on anything let alone climate change so we need grand silver bullet solutions.
Re: Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment
#6When is the next US election due? We might need a new administration to get moving on this one.
You know... Before we're all fucked.
Re: Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment
#7It’s quite clear that in 2019 it is not possible to get all powerful entities in the world to work together on an issue like climate change. We should focus on band-aid solutions like reflectors in space above the poles that prevent sun from hitting the earth at all. We are past the “if only everyone bought electric cars” phase of solutions and need special projects that assume the amount of CO2 emitted stays the sam…
There's no stationary orbit over the poles
Also, the snow is pretty reflective. And silver-plating any exposed rock is cheaper than going to orbit, per kg of silver/kg-to-LEO.
Re: Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's no stationary orbit over the poles
Also, the snow is pretty reflective. And silver-plating any exposed rock is cheaper than going to orbit, per kg of silver/kg-to-LEO.
well, technically you need less silver in orbit since you can use extremely thin films which just wouldn't survive on the ground. but yeah, it's still a very impractical proposition.
Re: Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment
#9potentially very dumb question but could you build hydro power solutions(from the ice melt/run off) that you then get clean power from / help cool ice...? So out of my depth here but genuinely curious. Also appreciate building a hydro power plant on a very unstable platform (ice) is problematic just curious of other solutions to generate hydro power...
Re: Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment
#10It’s quite clear that in 2019 it is not possible to get all powerful entities in the world to work together on an issue like climate change. We should focus on band-aid solutions like reflectors in space above the poles that prevent sun from hitting the earth at all. We are past the “if only everyone bought electric cars” phase of solutions and need special projects that assume the amount of CO2 emitted stays the sam…
It should not be an either-or proposition when the stakes are so high. We should work full time to have governments work on breaking climate change speed (reduce/limit emissions, alternative energy, carbon tax, etc.) while at the same time work on scientific methods to fight climate change, if possible (e.g. Prometeus, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19842240.