Idea on how to reduce GW
Posted: Mon 15 Oct 2007, 10:43:45
This is going to sound crazy, but we mass produce Nitrogen dioxide in order to A) block out the sun due to it's reddish brown color, B) increase the global dimming effect by the production of more particles for many small droplets to form around and C) increase the amount of ozone produced.
The problem with Nitrogen Dioxide is that it's extremely toxic, even though it makes up a good deal of the smog we already produce.
What's great is nitrogen makes up 70% of the atmosphere, so theres an abudance that could be converted cheaply, with the only end cost being energy.
This could by us some time.
If we did it in large enough concentrations at remote locations, far away from populated areas, then the nitrogen dioxide would float up into the atmosphere, where it would be spread around making large numbers of highly reflective clouds.
BTW- A well known scientist proposed we used sulfur for this same effect. This idea would be much, much cheaper, and could be scaled up, without requiring sulfur mining. Instead you could simply use energy and the atmosphere that already exist and simply make modifications to it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_dioxide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smog#Photochemical_smog
The problem with Nitrogen Dioxide is that it's extremely toxic, even though it makes up a good deal of the smog we already produce.
What's great is nitrogen makes up 70% of the atmosphere, so theres an abudance that could be converted cheaply, with the only end cost being energy.
This could by us some time.
If we did it in large enough concentrations at remote locations, far away from populated areas, then the nitrogen dioxide would float up into the atmosphere, where it would be spread around making large numbers of highly reflective clouds.
BTW- A well known scientist proposed we used sulfur for this same effect. This idea would be much, much cheaper, and could be scaled up, without requiring sulfur mining. Instead you could simply use energy and the atmosphere that already exist and simply make modifications to it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_dioxide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smog#Photochemical_smog