Long time lurker, first time poster here.
Besides having an interest in politics (clearly), another one of my strong interests is climate change. I’m fascinated by many aspects of it, from the ‘hard’ science (such as radiative forcing differentials), to the ‘soft’ science (like how it’s perceived and communicated). And while I am heartened by the increasing utilization of renewables, I am somewhat fearful to the apparent increasing rate of climate change occurring.
So a question to well-read environmental Kossacks out there: given the factors already mentioned, as well as the pace of cultural acceptance that there is a problem, and the speed of legislative acknowledgment of it, do you think that we will need to use geoengineering to avoid the worst effects? And does that answer change depending on the type of geoengineering employed? Note that for the various factors, I’m thinking globally, not just the US.