those who believe we will hit a discontinuous tipping point are precisely those who should be advocating for geoengineering now, despite its unknowns and downsides… yet the voices to do so are curiously absent
> yet the voices to do so are curiously absent
It's easy to think this if you're not paying attention: the issue is very controversial and many people oppose it But a number of scientists signed onto a letter calling for additional research into this [1], and Congress and the White House OSTP are also pushing to speed up and increase research funding [2]. Of course, this kind of research could go away in a single election.
[1] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27022023/solar-radiation-...
[2] https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/06/30/cong...
Makes it a lot easier to validate your solution and be more sure of side effects