Global warming - an urgent problem requiring radical solution (no politics or religion)

I am bored of your unproductive comments. Please desist unless you are able to discuss the topic like an adult.

You say this as if it is an original idea. I suppose it is possible you have not heard of carbon sequestration? A problem with that as a solution is that it is rather costly.

Just ask Elon and jeff

There have been a lot of low quality posts recently, and it's always going to be hit or miss finding interesting ones in such a discussion.

If you were able to sort the useless from the useful comments what age group would appear as the problem?

I don’t really post here much, given that I’m much too young and uninformed on the topic to be of any use here. I just sit back and read posts to stay informed on the topic of global warming, since my generation could be seeing the worst of it in about half a century.

Have any of you guys heard of the term 'planetary albedo'?

The kids, of course. 

Well, and the persistent users who claim that global warming isn’t real or a problem.

All scientifically educated people have.

So obviously you haven't. Here's a simple breakdown for you:

The planet's surface is darker in some spots and lighter in others. This difference in shades has a significant impact on our planet's temperature, as the darker patches absorb heat, and the lighter bits reflect it.

So, in theory (this is probably unrealistic though), if we paint everything white, the Earth's temperature will lower.

Better come up with something smart or I predict you are about to be ejected from this thread.

Good for you but don't sell yourself short. I have read some fine comments from you elsewhere.

Actually, not the worst idea. If you paint, say, your roof white, now you need the AC slightly less. If everyone painted their roof white, carbon emissions would decrease. Now apply this to cars and other things, perhaps. It's small, but if everyone does it, it's something.

howbout mirroring stuff ?...get it outta here completely. back at cha...u mean old mister sun u !

(u hafta realize...i tolerate that dum old man day after day after day ...& yes i know i need him but not THIS much...)

There are electric vehicles that are less expensive. China produces a variety of such cars. You don't realize this because the present US President is doing everything he can to keep them out of the American market, and eliminating creation of EV charging stations.

Well, China is a geopolitical opponent of the US. Are there any produced in India or other more west-friendly countries?

Yes, almost every European car manufacturer produces a line of EVs. Several Indian EV manufacturers have started up and now produce hundreds of thousands of vehicles annually, but the market in India is for smaller, far cheaper vehicles that don't all meet US standards. The present administration is also hiking tariffs on all those nations' imports. Most American auto manufacturers produce EVs. The Trump executive orders that allow higher gasoline engine emissions, stop states from offering incentives to EVs and eliminating funding for charging stations affects all EV companies' sales potential.

Hopefully, the tariff regime will end soon...But this is irrelevant; he exempted the auto industry.