I submitted a letter (see below) to the editor of the New Yorker about Michael Specter's excellent May 14th article on technical solutions to global warming.
Any comments? cheers, Paul -----Original Message----- From: Paul Paryski <ppary...@aol.com> To: themail <them...@newyorker.com> Sent: Tue, May 29, 2012 1:28 pm Subject: The Climate Fixers May 14 Dear Sirs, Thank you for publishing Michael Specter’s excellent andinformative article on technical solutions to global warming which is, I believe, probably the most importantchallenge to our species and, indeed, other species. As a former chieftechnical advisor on environmental governance for the United NationsDevelopment Programme I have followed climate change and anthropogenic globalwarming issues very closely primarily through the IPCC. The Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineeringproject is particularly (no pun intended) interesting and thought provoking evenwith its inherent, ecological, environmental and political risks. I wonder ifanother approach to particle injection might be adding certain reflective particlesto aviation fuels. Such a solutionwould be much less costly than a twelve-mile long pipe held aloft by a balloonand assure global dispersion at smaller densities. Of course, there are many who believe mistakenly that our government isalready adding chemicals to jet fuel creating “chemtrails”. Paul Paryski Santa Fe, New Mexico
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