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In response to "That site showed a cooling trend from fine aerosol particles reflecting solar energy back into space. They were then banned. " by Bacon

I know you're half trolling, but aerosol means solid particles that are suspended in air. Smoke is an aerosol.

Posted by Roger More (aka Rogermore) May 3 '12, 16:21

The aerosols that have a cooling effect are sulphates, which also lead to acid rain.

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The way to cure global warming is to have a huge supervolcano errupt. - Bacon May 3, 16:24 6
- BTW I think science will fix Global Warming. I really do not worry about it. -- nm - Bacon May 3, 16:26 5
  - it would sure help things along a lot if people would stop pretending it isn't happening. - Reagen May 3, 16:55
  - Only if the economics works out - and even then, people are probably going to have to accept being told what to do and paying the true cost of things -- nm - Roger More May 3, 16:29 2
    - all the money in the world can't make CO2 not heat up the atmosphere -- nm - pixitude May 3, 16:30 1
      - That's not what I'm saying. Cleaner energy costs more than dirty energy, and that's likely to remain true for the foreseeable future. People are going - Roger More May 3, 16:39
  - science can fix the immutable laws of science. sounds like a plan -- nm - pixitude May 3, 16:29

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