How to reduce global warming

Sep 20, 2008 15:51

1. Grow lots of trees (in the tropics where the albedo change won't actually increase warming)
2. Harvest the trees and turn them into paper.
3. Spread the paper out across the desert.

This will have two effects:
1. Paper is white, therefore the albedo of the area covered with it will be increased. Hence more light will be reflected back into space instead of being absorbed to heat up the earth.
2. After the paper decomposes it will return to the soil, essentially sequestering it across a wide area. This will reduce the amount of CO2 in the air.
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