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The president's new science adviser said Wednesday that global warming is so dire, the Obama administration is discussing radical technologies to cool Earth's air.
John Holdren told The Associated Press in his first interview since being confirmed last month that the idea of geoengineering the climate is being discussed. One such extreme option includes shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun's rays. Holdren said such an experimental measure would only be used as a last resort.
"It's got to be looked at," he said. "We don't have the luxury of taking any approach off the table."
Holdren outlined several "tipping points" involving global warming that could be fast approaching. Once such milestones are reached, such as complete loss of summer sea ice in the Arctic, it increases chances of "really intolerable consequences," he said.
Twice in a half-hour interview, Holdren compared global warming to being "in a car with bad brakes driving toward a cliff in the fog."
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My question - if this is such a radical emergency, why is it not being discussed? Obama barely mentioned global warming during the campaign except in passing.
- Anyone who believes this sensationalism needs to read up on Global Warming.designbot
- It's one thing to believe that mankind has somehow impacted the climate by a degree or two over the last several decades...it's another to get in panic modedesignbot
- decades....it's another to think that the earth is doomed if we don't take immediate action.designbot
- you mean global cooling...robco