Possible Global Warming solution: If I understand this, sulfur in volcanoes can produce sulfuric acid in the upper atmosphere. This acid causes global cooling by reflecting the suns rays away from the earth’s surface. With that being true, let’s suppose for a moment that all commercial passenger jet aircraft traveling through the stratosphere was burning a fuel with the sulfur not removed in the refining processes but saturated with the sulfur that has been removed from all other fuels produced to be used in the troposphere. If my theory is correct the cost versus the benefit could be staggering depending on the overall effect on the warming trend. The airlines would have no problem with doing this; the aircraft have plenty of tanks to manage the controlled dispersion. And they gain the bragging rights to contributing to global cooling. I believe the fuel distribution may have a small problem dealing with another fuel product. This is where the cost would come in. My question is does this wildly simple solution have merit? And if so, how do we get the ball rolling?
Hi! Quite an intelligent and knowledgeable post. The thing with Global warming is well what is it? A 0.8 centigrade rise in temperature doesn't mean much, historically there have been much more turbulent changes in temperature. Yet something is happening, t5he climate seems to be undergoing change. One reason might be the amount of particulate matter in the atmosphere, it need not be sulphur just anything that reflects heat, micro particles from vehicular pollution and industrial waste. A few years back you might have read about the terrible smog conditions over Indonesia and with China's huge industrial output mostly coal based, there is definitely some damage being done to the environment.
