"You have the Soviet plan before you," he directed at Chandler.
"I've read it," said Chandler, glancing down at the document neatly bound in manuscript covers. "An interesting idea—increasing the greenhouse effect by adding carbon dioxide to the upper atmosphere. But the amount that could be added would only raise the temperature by a few degrees. Since snowfall increases considerably at the warmer temperatures close to the freezing point, we would only be compounding our problem."
Kotenko's features stiffened. "The plan also includes changing the albedo of the ice by coating it with coal dust. Not only would this raise the mean temperature, it would melt the—"
"What happens when it snows over your precious coal dust?" the Britisher cut in.
"We are suggesting a continuous dusting program." The Russian took his seat.
"The plan is not without merit," Chandler said. "However, we've received almost as many plans as there are members on this commission."
"Why not try all of them?" asked the Indonesian delegate.
"Or, at least, a program involving several," Marta Neilson modified. "Atomic heat and possibly infra-red radiation."
"We can't spread our efforts that thin," Chandler explained to the young woman. "Any one of these plans demands a concentration of money and effort such as the world has never known."
"And one thing strikes me," Dr. White put in. "None of these plans hits at the basic cause. They all treat symptoms, save for the Canadian proposal, which is quite out of the question."