Vicious circle

When researching the solutions humans have in combating global warming I was amazed to discover how ridiculous some of the proposals seem to be, and not only that but they don’t seem to be doing what is actually necessary.

It seems that most have accepted that we are heading for disaster and, rather than looking for ways to change our ways, we are coming up with solutions to put into effect just at that crucial point before the disaster happens. The understanding that this point is definitely going to happen seems depressing in itself, but more so the solutions that our so called intelligent scientists have come up with. It is not to say that I could come up with anything better but spending so much effort in finding a solution rather than combating the initial problem seems ridiculous.

It has been human technology that is the cause of most of the earths problems, so it is no surprise that the way in which we have decided to tackle the issue if the worst comes to the worst is through technology also. One of the most ‘interesting’ solutions proposed my Roger Angel of the University of Arizona includes putting a fleet of small spacecraft into the atmosphere. Trillions of these objects will form a cloud in which to reflect 2% of the suns light and therefore cooling the earth. Other proposals have been to put a reflective layer over the deserts or filling the seas with plants to suck in all the CO2. I find these solutions fascinating, especially when they are apparently technically possible, although I am still sceptical and am sure there must be a more natural way.

It seems there is a vicious circle, humans have decided they wont change their modern lifestyle and so are combating their already destructive effect on nature with yet more unnatural intervention to solve it. There are of course more natural and sustainable efforts being made but it seems sad that our final stand to save our environment will be yet more technological intervention.