[ExI] Fwd: Re: AI risks

[BillK]

On 8 September 2015 at 00:50, Anders Sandberg  wrote:
> For what values of practical? Nukes will not do it, as a certain famous
> report pointed out.
>
> The LFL for methane is 4% volume, so you need to add about 1.35e17 kg of
> methane to ignite it. This is about 2-3 times the total carbon stored in the
> oceans and several times the carbon content of the biosphere. Grain dust is
> even less effective, since we are talking about a LFL larger than 2 kg/m^3
> -this is way bigger.
>
>
> ("Anders, what are you doing?"
> "Calculating how to set the atmosphere on fire. There has to be a better
> way... maybe hydrogen?"
> "Remember, we are supposed to *save* the world at this institute."
> "Yes, boss.")
>

I've just seen a study from MIT about how raindrops remove pollution
from the atmosphere.
<http://www.gizmag.com/mit-rain-drops-on-our-atmosphere-aerosol-ozone/39294/>

So it would assist your scheme if you could arrange for rain to be
stopped while you are amending the atmosphere content. :)

BillK