Do you have a source for the argument that acidification is worse than warming? I'm more familiar with the pressing problem of positive feedback effects, like accelerated release of natural stores of carbon and methane.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_feedback#:~:t....
There is a moral threat of "with climate management tools, we don't need to act on carbon reduction." I think that is less dangerous than the threat of "we have no validated climate management tools to deal with rapidly accelerated climate change." Ideally, we would research and develop the science and technology of weather control and climate management now so we don't feel compelled to do anything drastic in the near future. For instance, we know that dumping sulfur in the upper atmosphere can cool the earth for <$10b/year. But we don't want to be in that position. Instead, maybe we mandate that all container ships loft saltwater droplets to support cloud formation.
Also, keep in mind that some approaches might be applied locally to protect certain ecosystems rather than aiming for a global effect. E.g., cloud brightening R&D to cool areas with lots of melting permafrost. We should be spending billions on this r&d.
We need time to transition, it's happening. In 20-30 years, we will have a much cleaner global economy, with no coal and minimal oil. But we don't want to have the permafrost melt in the meantime!
There is a moral threat of "with climate management tools, we don't need to act on carbon reduction." I think that is less dangerous than the threat of "we have no validated climate management tools to deal with rapidly accelerated climate change." Ideally, we would research and develop the science and technology of weather control and climate management now so we don't feel compelled to do anything drastic in the near future. For instance, we know that dumping sulfur in the upper atmosphere can cool the earth for <$10b/year. But we don't want to be in that position. Instead, maybe we mandate that all container ships loft saltwater droplets to support cloud formation.
Also, keep in mind that some approaches might be applied locally to protect certain ecosystems rather than aiming for a global effect. E.g., cloud brightening R&D to cool areas with lots of melting permafrost. We should be spending billions on this r&d.
We need time to transition, it's happening. In 20-30 years, we will have a much cleaner global economy, with no coal and minimal oil. But we don't want to have the permafrost melt in the meantime!