chrismc wrote:
I didn't hear the story, so I'm not going to speculate on the specifics or accuracy of the theory or its effects. I will respond on some of the inaccurate comments posted here. Different chemical compounds behave differently depending on what part of the atmosphere they are in. The atmosphere is not one continuous place- it has many layers that perform different functions and have vastly different behaviors. A perfect example of the same chemical behaving differently is O3 (Ozone). In higher layers of the atmosphere, the ozone layer performs a critical role for human survival (blocking UV light). Closer to ground level, however, O3 is a toxic pollutant that causes respiratory ailments.
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) leads to acid rain when it is in the lower, weather-producing portions of the atmosphere (troposphere). If, as you mentioned, they are suggesting putting SO2 in the stratosphere then that would definitely be in a different layer than where it causes acid rain. Its apples and oranges.
Just because you don't understand it, doesn't make it "Acid Head Hippie Junk (or fringe) science". For God's sake, read a book and try to learn something before you go off half-cocked and look like a fool.
In you infinite wisdom after reading books with no given titles, answer the question; is CO2 in the Stratosphere harmless?
Some how I suspect the Scientist interviewed on BBC (when I was barely awake trying to go to sleep) overlooked the CO2 the Volcanoes also spew into the stratosphere and the resultant side effects (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide) some bad and some good.
The only thing going for the Sulfur Dioxide THEORY is that when Mt Pinatubo (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo) erupted the earth did cool down for a few years, as have other documented volcanic reactions. As the earth cooled down when an asteroid crashed into the earth (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_event), not just the theory asteroid that killed of the dinos.
As far as being a fool, fools believe Theories with out question? Pear review is supposed to question Theories over and over until they are proven to be wrong or a law. Even Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity has been proven to have quite a few defects that were pointed out initially by Nikola Tesla and backed up by tests now that the Technology exists to do so. In my opinion both Einstein and Tesla were light years above most of the Modern Climate Scientists (not all of them) who are on an endless quest to obtain grant money to produce Theories that result in more grant money, kind of like the Welfare Recipient who keeps having more children out of Wedlock to keep the money flowing.
If you never approach Theories with speculation and question, you are nothing but a Junk Science Kool Aid Drinker. Even if you can convince Naive Judges and Jurors that Cerebral palsy is caused by natural Child Birth like a former Presidential Candidate did to make millions, it is still Junk Science.
To back up flman on Freon, the R-12 ban that was based upon Junk Science turned out to be an under the table deal because DuPont had the R-12 Patent running out and Environmental Organizations were duped into believing that R-12 would find its' way up into the Stratosphere and destroy the ozone layer. In fact R-12 is heavier than air (making it dangerous in confined space) and is digested by bacteria in the soil. DuPont came up with 134A got their Patent and continue to make money. I donated my books I had on the Junk Science Theory about R-12 destroying the ozone layer along with the books I had on the Theory of Keynesian Economics.
As far as comments like: "Closer to ground level, however, O3 is a toxic pollutant that causes respiratory ailments" goes. O3 is used to neutralize deadly compounds such as H2S that can kill you. Exposure to O3 will give you a sore throat like Pot Heads experience after smoking pot. H2S will intoxicate you at low levels and kill you at higher levels.
O3 is also used in low levels for odor abatement/control when blended with water vapor and O2. Sorry if the facts walk all over the little bookies that are published by the Climate Theory Welfare Recipients. I work in confined spaces (in the Real World) around H2S and O3 and the Laws of Physics and my Confined Space training that has kept me alive is far more valuable.
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Doesn't mean it wouldn't work, just means it's a pretty radical and not widespread concept.
4/11)..Bus gone to Scarp 8/23/11 
