Does Geoengineering Activate Liberal Anti-Scientific Biases? And Does It Matter?

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(Image: visualization of geoengineering schemes)

For a long time, I've been interested in the subject of geoengineering. Basically, this is the idea that, since we can't seem to find a more, uh, civilized way to cut our greenhouse gas emissions–and since global warming is getting so bad that we're going to be grappling with a dramatically altered planet–it may be time to start further planetary modifications so as to offset rising temperatures. Among these, the most popular suggestion seems...