The Nature of the New World
Paul J. Saunders has a Ph.D. in atmospheric geochemistry. He wrote the article cited below which
concerns itself mostly with CO2 concentrations. It is said that if you give a problem to a carpenter, the
solution will probably involve a hammer and nails. Apparently if you give it to an atmospheric
geochemist, the answer will focus on atmospheric geochemistry.
To a systems engineer, the concern would be in limiting the damage of weather in a more general
sense. Is CO2 the problem or is it temperature control. Were a volcano erupt on the order of
magnitude of the famous Mount Krakatoa or more recent Mount Pinatubo, then everyone would be
concerned with global cooling. Weather effects of Mount Krakatoa. What is needed is a long hard look
at controlling the weather, rather than focusing only the atmospheric geochemistry for a solution.
My first observation is that an increase in CO2 is good for plants and improves crop yields. So let us not
be concerned with CO2 at all. Let us focus on Controlling the Climate. We want to prevent
catastrophes due to volcanoes, but if one occurs, we may well be faced with global cooling. We need to
be prepared to cool or warm the planet depending on what mother nature has in store for us. A mature
modern human uses a heater in winter and an air conditioner in summer. We simply need to do the
same thing for the whole globe.
What we need to do is to predict accurately and increase our influence over nature so that we can
prevent catastrophes. An asteroid killed off the dinosaurs which should remind us that in the short run
nature may seem to be our friend, but in the long run it will certainly kill us all of we don’t act.
Climatebot
The Nature of the New World
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Seg/PB2ch01_ss2.htm
Paul J. Saunders has a Ph.D. in atmospheric geochemistry. He wrote the article cited below which
concerns itself mostly with CO2 concentrations. It is said that if you give a problem to a carpenter, the
solution will probably involve a hammer and nails. Apparently if you give it to an atmospheric
geochemist, the answer will focus on atmospheric geochemistry.
To a systems engineer, the concern would be in limiting the damage of weather in a more general
sense. Is CO2 the problem or is it temperature control. Were a volcano erupt on the order of
magnitude of the famous Mount Krakatoa or more recent Mount Pinatubo, then everyone would be
concerned with global cooling. Weather effects of Mount Krakatoa. What is needed is a long hard look
at controlling the weather, rather than focusing only the atmospheric geochemistry for a solution.
My first observation is that an increase in CO2 is good for plants and improves crop yields. So let us not
be concerned with CO2 at all. Let us focus on Controlling the Climate. We want to prevent
catastrophes due to volcanoes, but if one occurs, we may well be faced with global cooling. We need to
be prepared to cool or warm the planet depending on what mother nature has in store for us. A mature
modern human uses a heater in winter and an air conditioner in summer. We simply need to do the
same thing for the whole globe.
What we need to do is to predict accurately and increase our influence over nature so that we can
prevent catastrophes. An asteroid killed off the dinosaurs which should remind us that in the short run
nature may seem to be our friend, but in the long run it will certainly kill us all of we don’t act.
Climatebot
The Nature of the New World
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Seg/PB2ch01_ss2.htm
Climatebot
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