I'm mainly talking about how this will be a free rider problem. Geoengineering isn't free and has to be continually maintained. The issue is that since everyone will benefit, there isn't the incentive to contribute to the cause. Or, assuming the end goal is to eventually ween ones self off of geoengineering, free riders will have to be "strong-armed" (for lack of a better term) into going carbon zero (or carbon negative). Otherwise, once one of more parties stop the practice, we'll be right back at square one in regards to problems.

That is a legitimate idea and one that could work. The problem is that once you start, you can't stop. If nations did that unilaterally, it takes the impetus off of states who aren't making CO2 cuts/sequestrations to continue with business as usual.

I'm Iowan.

Ouch, bro. Ouch.

I was like, hmmm... place in North America that's rarely in drought, has access to lots of fresh water, and people can legit bitch about that heavy white bullshit that falls from the sky. It's either this or that.

Full honesty, I was thinking you might be a Yooper.

My guess: either the Great Lakes region or New England.

Precisely. Hell, we're still a ways off from trustworthy self-driving vehicles, given that the software still isn't as good as us meatbags. Even if we do get automated semi-trucks with reliable programming, getting them approved from a regulatory perspective will also slow things down considerably.

Well, it's no different than any other law. Shit gets put on the books and if its broken, an investigation after the fact happens. Assuming they're guilty, punishments ensue.

Depends on the technology in question. Large companies have compliance offices that actively work to prevent sales to folks for whom it may be illegal. But if they do buy it here and attempt to ship things abroad, that's when the FBI gets involved. Admittedly, it's like trying to hand cup water and plenty invariably gets through, but we do catch some of it. In cases where we know a person got it here when they shouldn't have, the govt goes after the seller/provider and forces them to up their game or face financial penalties.

The US govt has offices with investigators all around the world.

Ukrainians are doing that right now. Young Iranians are also taking part. Some things are worth fighting and dying for, like freedom and democracy.

>China is now prosperous and powerful without them.

If you feel so strongly that way, tell President Pooh Bear to stay out of the Taiwanese territory. They like their liberty and don't have to worry about social credit scores, being forcibly contained in their apartments for months at end over a nonsensical zero-Covid policy, or worrying that if they speak ill of their government, they'll be sent out to a PRC concentration camp. If you like your authoritarian daddy state, stay the fuck there. The free world doesn't want you.

They'll be blocked from buying, selling, or engaging in any sort of relationship. Not only for US firms, but for all businesses and organizations around the world moving forward. This is how the Entity List works; if you get on it, you're cut out of the US market. Anyone who violates that also gets cut out of the US market. We're using these same exact tools against the Ruskies right now.