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Some claim that #geoengineering is a project of conservatives or others who resist climate action.
Parker, Irvine and I debunked this trope but it persists.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016EF000416
So this "living" thread will gather examples of conservatives dismissing or criticizing geo.
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Parker, Irvine and I debunked this trope but it persists.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016EF000416
So this "living" thread will gather examples of conservatives dismissing or criticizing geo.
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Before proceeding, my point is not that the right opposes #geoengineering; some there do back its consideration.
My point is that the political landscape is complex.
Most support comes from the left / enviros. See e.g. this public opinion poll
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https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2018/05/14/majorities-see-government-efforts-to-protect-the-environment-as-insufficient/
My point is that the political landscape is complex.
Most support comes from the left / enviros. See e.g. this public opinion poll
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https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2018/05/14/majorities-see-government-efforts-to-protect-the-environment-as-insufficient/
"The point is, we don’t know what the lasting effects of partially blocking the sun’s radiation might be — poverty, famine an endless winter."
Michael Dorstewitz at Newsmax
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/bill-gates-mother-nature/2020/12/30/id/1003627/
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Michael Dorstewitz at Newsmax
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/bill-gates-mother-nature/2020/12/30/id/1003627/
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"Sure, Bill is an expert in writing intermittently functional software, not in climate engineering, but why should that stop him from appointing himself to smother out the sun?"
Kyle Smith at NY Post
https://nypost.com/2020/12/30/goodbye-to-2020-the-year-when-so-much-and-so-many-were-so-wrong/
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Kyle Smith at NY Post
https://nypost.com/2020/12/30/goodbye-to-2020-the-year-when-so-much-and-so-many-were-so-wrong/
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"A bizarre-sounding plan to save Earth... to dim the sun's rays and their impact on the earth—is reportedly all in the name of helping to revitalize the environment and thus save the human race"
The Blaze favorably quotes ETC Group & Heinrich Boell Fdn
https://www.theblaze.com/news/bill-gates-plan-dim-suns-rays
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The Blaze favorably quotes ETC Group & Heinrich Boell Fdn
https://www.theblaze.com/news/bill-gates-plan-dim-suns-rays
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"No one knows what this could do to life on earth because it is an insane proposition. We could end up living in a world that looks like the set of Dune. Or causing unknown changes to weather patterns."
Stacey Lennox at PJ Media
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Stacey Lennox at PJ Media
6/n https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2020/12/29/bill-gates-had-a-plan-to-stop-global-warming-until-science-got-in-the-way-n1289724
'The project represents one of the most controversial aspects of what’s known as “geoengineering”—the idea that, to tackle issues like climate change, massive aspects of our ecosystem can be played with or changed.'
C. Douglas Golden at Western Journal
7/n https://www.westernjournal.com/bill-gates-savior-complex-spirals-control-funds-sun-dimming-plan-save-human-race/
C. Douglas Golden at Western Journal
7/n https://www.westernjournal.com/bill-gates-savior-complex-spirals-control-funds-sun-dimming-plan-save-human-race/
Here is Steve Milloy of "Junk Science" on OAN warning that blotting out the sun will blot out life on Earth
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Jay Lehr of The Heartland Institute mocks the inclusion of geoengineering as unnecessary to stop a purportedly non-problem
9/n https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/the-teacher-friendly-guide-to-climate-change
9/n https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/the-teacher-friendly-guide-to-climate-change
"one wrong move, one over-reaction or under-correction, and the planet could turn into a hothouse or be headed into a new ice age. That could be really bad...
The resulting conflict could lead to a new Cold War."
Josiah Neeley of The Federalist
10/n https://thefederalist.com/2015/02/26/geoengineering-the-cold-war-on-global-warming/
The resulting conflict could lead to a new Cold War."
Josiah Neeley of The Federalist
10/n https://thefederalist.com/2015/02/26/geoengineering-the-cold-war-on-global-warming/
Paul Knappenberger of Cato Institute calls geoengineering "A Geo‐Bad Idea" and offers the common reasons
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https://cato.org/blog/geo-engineering-climate-geo-bad-idea
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https://cato.org/blog/geo-engineering-climate-geo-bad-idea
A cornerstone of the climate denier movement, WattsUpWithThat, has about 60 articles, almost all of which belittle, dismiss, or oppose geoengineering
12/n https://wattsupwiththat.com/category/geoengineering/
12/n https://wattsupwiththat.com/category/geoengineering/
