Climate Solutions

One strategy for addressing climate change is to set up a new laboratory and task it with solving the entire climate problem. Yet what might they do?

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In theory, they could divide the problem into two primary parts and do R&D to the extent required to resolve each. One problem is carbon dioxide emissions (i.e., 40GtCO2/year), while the other is global warming (i.e., 0.3°C/decade).

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To solve the carbon dioxide emissions problem, we need to figure out how to make green energy at a cost less than fossil fuel. Consumers would then switch to save money.

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To solve the global warming problem, we need to figure out how to reflect sunlight back into outer space at a reasonable cost and without harm. We probably need to reflect approximately 1% of sunlight within ~15 years near the North and South poles. In theory, this could be done with airplanes that spray reflective gases into the upper atmosphere.