Geo-engineers have discovered that if they put sulfates into the stratosphere, the temperatures in the lower atmosphere would lower and climate change would be reversed. By using geo-engineering, the symptoms of climate change would be remedied rather than the causes. However, geo-engineering is a last resort due to its complications. For starters, there is the ethical issue over who gets to control the geo-engineering and how much geo-engineering is necessary. This could cause tensions between nations to rise and even provoke war. Another complication is the idea of moral hazard. This means that when people realize that geo-engineering can remedy climate change, there will be a significantly reduced effort at cutting emissions. Geo-engineering is a highly controversial topic and although it could solve the issue of climate change, carries heavy baggage of its own. For this reason, many geo-engineers agree that our efforts should be concentrated on cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonizing our energy
Geo-engineers have discovered that if they put sulfates into the stratosphere, the temperatures in the lower atmosphere would lower and climate change would be reversed. By using geo-engineering, the symptoms of climate change would be remedied rather than the causes. However, geo-engineering is a last resort due to its complications. For starters, there is the ethical issue over who gets to control the geo-engineering and how much geo-engineering is necessary. This could cause tensions between nations to rise and even provoke war. Another complication is the idea of moral hazard. This means that when people realize that geo-engineering can remedy climate change, there will be a significantly reduced effort at cutting emissions. Geo-engineering is a highly controversial topic and although it could solve the issue of climate change, carries heavy baggage of its own. For this reason, many geo-engineers agree that our efforts should be concentrated on cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonizing our energy