Costs would be in the billions to complete such an operation on a global scale (US Fleet Weather Facility), but alternatives to such operations are not suitable for continuation of current life practices. In a certain sense the planet is at a turning point: either we stop relying on fossil fuels as an energy source and convert to completely renewable ecological energy, or we continue to abuse oil, coal and natural gas as we have done and the planet. will continue in a downward spiral of negative climate