Man as God

Climate change has been a hot topic (sorry) for decades now and along with many others I see that the huge problem of Global Warming is accelerating but that it is not beyond the wit of mankind to find a solution. Actually, that has to be the case. Irreversible and accelerating warming is doubtless happening now, and the inertia of that change will take more than changing a few light bulbs to stop.
At best all we can each do, however meagre it might seem, to slow the process is essential. Drive less, walk more. Turn your heating down. Insulate your loft and walls. Turn things off when you are not using them etc etc. Do all these things and more to buy us more time. More time to find the real solution.
Well, the elephant in the room is geo-engineering, tampering with the Earth's atmosphere to halt and even reverse global warming. We have the ability to do it now, and cheaply. It could be localised to affect those areas that require most change, e.g. seeding the atmosphere with particulates above the poles to encourage rapid reversal of warming, leaving temperate and middle latitudes maintaining status-quo. Scary isn't it?
Should we do serious research into this topic? How would you draw up a treaty to agree who had control of the process? What's to stop one group just getting on with it for their best advantage? Certainly China or India for example could easily undertake geo-engineering without recourse to western morals.
Not only scary but it draws down the following moral hazard. Knowledge that geo-engineering is possible makes climate impacts look less fearsome and thereby weakens the commitment to cut emissions now.
I think this is a worrying topic but one that needs bringing out into the open and looking at very very carefully.
Talking elephants take a look at this ... grand prize winning, 50 seconds,excellent "the Sky is Falling"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bak50U6HiRk