There are no bad side effects that can be predicted with solar radiation management. We've already pumped more than a hundred parts per million of co two into the atmosphere. The arguments from five about moral hazard, et cetera, and capitalst power need to be set aside for the current moment, a desperate emergency. And we're in a mass extinction event that's just beginning that we have to dodge.
Kim Stanley Robinson on science fiction, climate crisis, Marxism, geo-engineering, political violence, green Keynesianism, and a lot more. Interviewed by guest host Daniel Aldana Cohen, who read 11 of Robinson’s books during the pandemic quarantine, running from Red Mars through The Ministry for the Future.
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