A Stadium-Sized Balloon In The Stratosphere Could (Re)Engineer The Climate | Fast Company
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A test balloon, a precursor to what would be a massive stadium-sized airship stationed nearly 12.5 miles above the Earth (far higher than any jetliner) will demonstrate technology that could pump hundreds of tons of particulates and water each day into the Earth’s stratosphere.
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Geo-engineering schemes, from ocean iron fertilization to cloud whitening, remain untested on a large scale. Injecting aerosols into the stratosphere is no different. Organizations such as the ETC Group see even testing these schemes as a dangerous precedent that doesn’t address the core problem: drastic cuts in the emissions of greenhouse gases.
“This is a huge waste of time and money and shows the U.K. government’s disregard for UN processes,” Pat Mooney, chair of ETC Group in Canada, told The Guardian. “It is the first step in readying the hardware incept particles into the stratosphere. It has no other purpose, and should not be allowed to go ahead.”