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Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth?

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On 10/27/2015 7:21 PM, Double-A wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 4:14:25 PM UTC-7, gilber34 wrote:
>> On 10/27/2015 4:19 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
>>> Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth?
>>>> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-diamond-dust-sprayed-into-the-sky-cool-earth/
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Researchers have for years discussed the merits of pumping
>>>> water-based sulphate spray into the sky to reflect and scatter the
>>>> Sun's energy--essentially, mimicking the cooling caused by volcanic
>>>> eruptions. Like most kinds of geoengineering, the idea is highly
>>>> controversial and so far untested.
>>
>>
>> we are already doing that with coal plants that generate electricity,
>> they help cause Global Cooling.   The sulfer is in the coal.
>
>
> And carbon is carbon, right?
>
> Double-A
>

seems like that is right, as you want something to reflect and scatter 
or adsorb,

sending fine coal dust very high up into the stratosphere would shade 
the earth, and take years to come down. Cooling us all down a lot.
and Coal Dust is Cheep.

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Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-27 16:19 -0500
  Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-27 14:26 -0700
  Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-10-27 21:21 +0000
  Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-27 22:00 +0000
  Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-27 18:14 -0500
    Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-27 18:15 -0500
    Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-10-27 17:21 -0700
      Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-28 17:50 -0500
        Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-28 23:08 +0000
          Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-28 19:15 -0500
          Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 09:46 -0700
            Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-29 17:15 +0000
  Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-10-27 23:27 -0400
  Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? "Y.Porat" <y.y.porat@gmail.com> - 2015-10-27 23:16 -0700
  Re: Could Diamond Dust Sprayed into the Sky Cool Earth? gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-28 07:15 -0500

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