Geoengineering - U. S. Gov Program

The above link is to an October 4 article in the Washington Post. It provides an excellent overview of what geoengineering is, why it makes sense to study various geoengineering approaches in more detail, and what the House Science and Technology Committee is doing.

In the article is a link to a recent statement by Science and Technology Chairman, Bart Gordon. It is titled, Plan B for the Climate, and puts in perspective some key points, such as the potential risks of geoengineering, but also the risks of relying solely on carbon emissions reduction to avert future severe climate change.

I found it interesting that some geoengineering approaches, like reflecting incoming solar radiation back into space, are considered "inexpensive". This of course gives rise to the concern that if global warming escalates catastrophically, as feared by many, one country might take it upon itself to unilaterally solve the problem......and in doing so unleash severe side effects, perhaps worse than the warming problem.