Scientists could fly hosepipes 20km into space attached to balloons to cool the planet

HOSEPIPES could be flown 12.4 miles into the sky tethered to balloons to cool the planet in a global warming emergency, scientists revealed yesterday.

Particles would be pumped into the stratosphere to act like a mirror and reflect the sun’s rays back into space.

It is thought 10 balloons, each about the size of Wembley Stadium, could lift a pipe that would spray ten million tonnes of particles a year and cool the planet by 2C.

Study leader Dr Matt Watson said: “The advantage of this is that it acts very fast. But it is hard to imagine using this in anything other than a dire emergency.”

Dr Watson is leading SPICE, a £1.6million, three-year project to investigate whether the idea – called solar reflective technology – would work in practice.

Scientists will next month attempt to raise a hose to 0.6 miles attached to a balloon and pump water through it. It is hoped the trial, at RAF Sculthorpe in Norfolk, will offer useful information on reaching 12.4 miles.

Balloons with pipes attached could then be launched if, for instance, a huge iceberg broke off the Arctic and threatened to raise sea levels.

However, there is a risk is that altering the brightness of sun in the sky could change plant life and affect weather patterns.

Dr Watson, of Bristol University, added: “It is not simply a scientific decision. There are huge ethical and governmental issues around this.

“Just because we can do it does not mean we have the right to do it. We are not advocating this as a good idea – we just want to know more about it.”

Cambridge University scientist Dr Hugh Hunt, who is leading the Sculthorpe test, said it will be possible to fly balloons without pipes at 12.4 miles within five years. He said: “There are a lot of engineering challenges.”

Details of the test were unveiled at the British Science Festival in Bradford yesterday.

This is so crazy, it must work!
How many billions do we have to burn for this thing?

WUT.

i have a quick solution to solve the world from falling apart.

We gather up all the biological weapons from the US, let them off in area in which are unsustainable and highly pollution areas. reduce population by 4 billion. Move everyone to Europe, let areas of the tropically areas recover and help rebuild rainforests while sustainable produce food from areas in the Russian region and other global areas.

100 years of global recovery of rain forests around the world and general natural health.

If killing people is unethical and wrong over who dies, then instead move everyone to europe anyways, and enforce 1 child policy. In 100 years global population will halve and the health of the worl will recover.

Right now we are on the road of killing everyone from overpopulation causing massive famine and screwing up the world that nature turns against us making the world unlivable for humans.

governments around the world have to work together to make speedy results. beats sitting on their ass making war and shitz.

So your big plan starts with genocide?

well thats if we cant get people to stop having more than 1 child. 

overpopulation is a Major issue that is constantly being disreguarded, action must happen, and if we dont want war and genocide in the future, a global action such as one child policy enforced gloabally is our only chance from global destabilsation from global warming + destruction of food producing land + lack of water. 

It's true that a 1 cjild policy would be a good thing, but it's also necessary to somewhat assure all people worldwide have a certain standard of living. Infant mortality is huge in places liek Africa, and people barely get passed 30. A 1 child policy there could lead to extinction (though if they don't start controlling their population, they'll never develop economically, and reach a high standard of living).

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