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79. Solar Geoengineering Would Be Radical. It Might Also Be Necessary.

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Solar Gnashing - The Worst Thing About Climate Change?

The greatest risk many people see of solar geo engineering is that we lose our will to do the harder thing, the decarbanization. That is absolutely the concern. I think in many ways, addiction is the right word. Solar gnashing is a very tempting thing, because if you want quick reduction in real harm to some of the world's poorest and eco systems,. But on the other hand, it is absolutely true that if the world just chose to embrace solar gnashing and forgot to to cut emissions, we're screwed.

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