Open Source Terraforming

Posted by dcparris on Feb 17, 2007 1:46 PM EDT
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies; By Jamais Cascio 		Mail this story
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Whether we like it or not, geoengineering—what I’ve taken to calling “(re)terraforming the Earth”—is on the table as a strategy for dealing with onrushing climate disaster. This isn’t because it’s a particularly good idea; as far as we can now tell, the potential negative impacts of geoengineering projects may significantly outweigh any benefits. The reason why (re)terraforming is now the subject of so much attention is that, if it could be made to work, it would be a climate change remediation method, not just a climate change moderation method.

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