[aquaticsunset]

Nobody knows. Which is why it's colossally reckless to propose anything around this as a guaranteed solution, instead of a proposal that needs more research.

[pfdietz]

This is irrational pearl clutching. If sulfur is added, it will be done gradually, with the results monitored. There would not be some sort of catastrophic cooling.

The real sticking point would be that some countries would not want the cooling. Russia, say.

[MrOwnPut]

Our proposed planet-scale terraforming will be done gradually, don't be irrational!

We'll just see how it goes...

Are you serious?

[pfdietz]

So let me get this straight: in the face of a failure to control global warming by other means, you'd prefer your anxiety about possible risks to prevent any attempt to counter the warming by this approach, dooming the world to potentially catastrophic temperature increases?

Are YOU serious?

[MrOwnPut]

Assuming your doomsday predictions are correct and all this time... then assuming your counter to the prediction is correct.

Ya'know what... go right ahead and try to terraform the Earth to whatever you think is... best.

Your doomsday prediction may then come true actually. Self fulfilling prophecy and all that.

God speed in making your artificial ice age.

[pfdietz]

> artificial ice age

Oh good grief. Are you getting your position here from Snowpiercer?

[MrOwnPut]

My position is to not do these things as we cannot know the repercussions and we don't have a great track record.

Your position is to try to simulate a volcano to cool the Earth and "let's just see how it goes".

Ignoring the fact if we do that, then a natural volcano could go off as well and set us over the edge, causing an ice age.

Sure you can hand wave away the repercussions pointing to a movie, but it's still your stupid suggestion.

And what retarded logic that is, just because Armageddon is a movie doesn't mean asteroids aren't a threat.

[superluserdo]

Without taking a side on sulphur injection, it should be noted that we are already doing very rapid planet-scale terraforming.

[MrOwnPut]

Not really? We have no idea the relativity of our change vs what's supposed to happen when coming out of an ice age because of our short window we are observing.

We may change the climate in our entire history as much as a super volcano does, or many times less.