The Practicality of Geoengineering
January 2009 | Alan Robock, Allison Marquardt, Ben Kravitz, and Georgiy Stenchikov Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Here we evaluate several possible means of injecting the equivalent of 3-5 Tg SO2 per year into the lower Arctic or tropical stratosphere. We assess airplanes, balloons, artillery shells, and space elevators from the viewpoint of cost and possible speed of application.