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To: Taro who wrote (316790)	12/21/2006 8:22:02 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577025

"Depends on where we drop them." Not really. To drop enough to get the desired level of particulates on a global basis, means the effects are global. Which greatly increases the background radiation level. "But you must admit this would work, right?" Sure. So would abandoning civilization. "And also you must admit to this only realistic approach bears the "Invented by Taro" trade mark, right?" As you are well aware, it isn't realistic. And much more realistic solutions have been proposed, many with proposed spending levels that aren't anywhere close to our recent experiment is destabilizing the ME. But if you want to trademark this one, go right ahead. "We could start with 1-2 smaller ones and check the effect." To get any nuclear winter effect requires more than one or two. If you know anything about the proposed mechanism, you should know that.