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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Einstein's Warning: a bioterrorist pandemic worse than a nuclear explosion
(20 comments) This paper is an analogue of the letter Dr Albert Einstein sent to President Roosevelt warning that "extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed." Instead of uranium, I am warning of a biological chain reaction using a highly contagious construct virus. Nuclear blindness is the mistaken belief that the more powerful the bang, the more powerful the weapon.

Monday, May 5, 2008
Rapid ecosystem collapse from the CO2 already in the air
(17 comments) The elevated CO2 level in the air, combined with normal climate cycles, will combine to rapidly destroy all ecosystems. Fortunately, we can immediately cool the Earth simply and cheaply using a little sun dimming aerosol.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Turning a curse into a blessing: CO2 can be harvested profitably from the air
(2 comments) To solve global warming, we need to shift paradigm from cutting emissions to harvesting the excess CO2 from the air and putting a small amount of sun dimming aerosol into the upper atmosphere. In other words, treating CO2 in the air as an asset, not a liability. It is very unlikely that mankind will cut emisisons so fast and drastically that abrupt climate chnage or runaway global warming will be avoided.