I've just read an article, of which the link is below, about ways of cooling the Earth by 1-2 degrees. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for saving the planet. I consider it to be very high on my list of priorities, otherwise, what's the point in having a list of priorities without a planet? But, I sometimes wonder whether these 'clever' sorts are doing more harm to the planet than good with some of their wacky ideas.
Instead of spending hundreds of billions of pounds on creating a massive volcano effect (which could have catastrophic adverse effects on our food sources!) why don't they spend a few billion pounds on building spaceships that can take us all to another planet to live while the Earth Mother does what she does best and heal herself without us parasitic humans causing her to become dis-eased!
Or maybe she'll resolve the problem herself and destroy the bacteria infesting her body. As humans and the guardians of this planet for future generations we have to do something soon to reverse the damage that we have caused. We all need to re-connect with the Earth, to not take what we have for granted because it wouldn't take much for it to be taken away and then how would we feed ourselves or clothe ourselves? It's a frightening thought.
However, here's the article that provided the seed of deep thought for me today!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/feb/06/artificial-volcano-cool-planet-sun?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038
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