Hank: the geoengineering debate will become a bigger and bigger deal over the coming years and decades (2023)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2023-08-04) · owner: Hank
In August 2023 Hank predicted that the debate over geoengineering would become a bigger and bigger deal over the next few decades as the world faces hard choices about climate change.
About: Climate engineering
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-04 | predicted | Hank predicts the geoengineering conversation will become a bigger and bigger deal over the next few decades as we face hard decisions about climate impacts. | The Biggest Science Story of the Week 00:00:29 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2023-08-04 · The Biggest Science Story of the Week — Hank defines geoengineering as the controversial idea of intentionally changing the planet's climate, unlike the accidental change of the last hundred years. — 00:00:29
- 2023-08-04 · The Biggest Science Story of the Week — Hank says humans have been doing reckless, accidental geoengineering for a hundred years, mostly by emitting carbon dioxide, which keeps heat from radiating to space and warms the planet. — 00:00:58
- 2023-08-04 · The Biggest Science Story of the Week — Hank says it is also, in the long run, good news: a priceless experiment that would have been too expensive and politically impossible to run deliberately, since geoengineering is a hot-button issue. — 00:03:22
- 2023-08-04 · The Biggest Science Story of the Week — Hank rejects the argument that geoengineering can't be discussed because it would excuse continued fossil fuel burning; he doesn't think anyone will see it that way in 10 or 20 years. — 00:04:11