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The Ultimate Sunblock
Schemes to reverse climate change through geoengineering attract an odd cast of characters.

by David Roberts
The American Prospect
5/7/2010

“…If humanity takes control of the climate, do its existing inequities become a collective moral responsibility? After all, even the pre-industrial climate was, in some sense, unfair — some areas too hot, too arid, too wet, or too cold, life harder for some than for others. Do we try to restore an old climate or create a new one, and who decides which is better? If history is any guide, it will be the wealthy with their hands on the levers. Climate imperialism, anyone? …”

H/T Ann Althouse

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