I thought geo-engineering was something the research community was really, really reluctant to make use of, if nothing else due to the political issues needed to be resolved first. One thing is the technology, but a whole other beast is deploying it - which countries have a say in it, which ones will decide when to stop, and so forth.
RE: "We're Firing Trillion Watt Lasers into the Sky": Top Scientist Admits to Weather Modification on CBS