It seems the scientists at NOAA have decided they can play god with our planet’s climate system. The recently released NOAA fact sheet on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) reads like a manifesto for techno-utopian hubris, proposing a future where carbon capture and geoengineering are wielded as tools to reshape the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. This document, laden with grandiose claims and alarming uncertainties, outlines a vision that is as scientifically questionable as it is ethically troubling.
NOAA’s fact sheet emphasizes the role of human-caused CO2 emissions as a primary driver of climate …