My god this is the dumbest idea I've seen yet. First of all, Volcanoes release 80% more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than humans do. Second of all, there is not one instance in HISTORY where man has gotten involved in something and there hasn't been a negative outcome. Look at Yellowstone National Park, all we wanted to do was preserve it, and yet, today, it is a completely different place than the one we tried to keep the same. Trying to do something of this magnitude to the atmosphere will have disastrous consequences. This is the absolute worst idea.

This puts “egg on the face” of the Bush administration, wasting the past six years by claiming heat-trapping gas emissions do not meet the Clean Air Act’s definition of an “air pollutant,” and could not be regulated. This only proves that the Bush administration’s only concern is lining their pockets and not protecting our country from such environmental issues.

The United States is the largest contributor to carbon dioxide emissions into the troposphere and through a reduction in domestic emissions would slow down the global emissions increases, no matter what happens elsewhere. Imagine what this will do to the auto corporations. Oh, what am I saying, it was the auto corporations who were suing five different states that were fighting for the reduction of car pollutions.

The major automobile manufacturers filed suit against California’s tailpipe pollution law by lobbying against the people of California to block the state’s law to reduce global warming emissions from cars and trucks; but they did not stop with California, they also sued Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont.

This got the ball rolling and 10 other states adopted the idea of California’s tailpipe pollution law – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington: Together these 11 states amount to a third of the North American auto market.

The Supreme Court agreed with the 11 other states, and a number of cities, that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are pollutants and subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act. The court also ruled that the EPA has the authority to protect the public from these pollutants.

The two statements that stuck out of the entire article concerning fake volcanoes helping global warming were:

"Geoengineering could provide additional time to address the economic and technological challenges faced by a mitigation-only approach," said Wigley. He noted, however, that it is not a panacea.” and,

"A relatively modest geoengineering investment could reduce the economic and technological burden on mitigation by deferring the need for immediate or near-future cuts in carbon dioxide emissions," Wigley said.

A panacea means it is not a cure-all, solution, or answer, and deferring means to postpone, put off, or suspend. Sounds like Tom Wigley of the National Centre for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, author of the study of geoengineering is out to lobby his studies for funding more than make a difference in slowing down the process of greenhouse gas emissions to slow the process of global warming down now. I am surprised Wigley did not lobby with the major auto manufacturers and the Bush administration.

We do not need time to think about the economic and technological challenges in finding ways in reducing global warming. We all ready know what needs to be done and by acting now, we have a chance of making a difference within the next 10 years in help reducing the global warming emissions by 20 percent if we shift to cleaner sources of energy (such as wind and solar) and use cleaner transportation sources.

Wipe the egg of your face, Wigley, you all ready knows this

Making fake volcanoes to blow sulfur, or sulfates, is a very haphazard idea. All that would do is pump a bunch of sulfur into the atmosphere into the lower atmosphere. Yes, sulfur is an aerosol and does lower global temperatures, as seen in Mt. P. but the problem with sulfur is that once in the atmosphere, it will combine with H2O to create sulfuric acid. Oh goody! Acid deposition! Also, the sulfur, besides making a mess with water pollution, does not stay in the atmosphere for nearly as long as CO2. With Mt. P., there was a temporary decrease in temperature from the Sulfur, but as it settled out, temperatures rose again.

im not the smartest person alive but i do know thats the dumbest thing ive ever herd in my life fake volcanic eruptions/ sounds costly and time wasting. and how much will it cost to make such a thing? i think we need to change our cars to natural gas and look at new ways of creating energy. water? that bollon energy thing using the currents is a good idea. and not very costly and it's free and unlimtied energy. solar energy every house should be built with one. even in australia where im from if every one had one rain water tank. my god what a differance that would make on our dams. they all cost heaps for the average person but if gonverments started changeing there building such as schools and hostipals to solar power and gave grants or reductions on the prices for an average person to buy a solar panel we would be making a differance. what makes me sick is when i see people with loads of money building new houses with big lawns they put in reticulation and waste so much water why can the have a rainwater tank? or even rec there water? but we are sitting at home watching the tv or on our computers killing the planet and our selves slowly but surley. doing nuthing to help our selves. we need change now we need better leadership. i think a snall could move faster than our goverment sometimes. think when u read this have u done your part to save the planet? i know im trying.