Or
Just blast sulfur, calcium carbonate, or some other particles into the stratosphere to reflect sunlight. Elon Musk could do this by himself. Single digit billions with technology we've perfected decades ago.
Waiting patiently for a a majority of people to realize it's the only realistic path to buy us enough time to transition to renewables.
Also, please don't give Elon any ideas, he already has enough futile showboats.
Ignoring this reality will just guarantee our collapse. Geoengineering gives us a plausible way out.
The alternative is people continuing to clamor for global cooperation, a comically naive goal that has gained near to zero traction in 40 years.
We don't need to achieve "global cooperation". We just need to each act in our own self interest, as quickly as we can. It is the only strategy that can work. It still might not work. But directing resources elsewhere makes it happen slower. Too slow is the same as failure.
We know what works: cut CO2 emission. Nothing else does.
The only point is to buy us time, not permanently change anything.
This truly is horrible reductionism ala "it will be fine, NOTHING will go wrong, TRUST me".
Your reaction is why I mentioned that I will patiently wait for others to give up on this absurd idea of saving the planet with renewables. We need more time. Geoengineering is the only way to buy us that time.
Cheers to waiting for more to come to this realization. Let’s talk again in 2030.
Meanwhile, global warming will outright benefit some nations, such as Russia. The idea of global cooperation is comically naive