People more open to the idea retort that geoengineering could be used to buy more time for those emissions reductions to happen, and keep temperatures lower in the meantime, an idea they refer to as " peak shaving" .
对这一想法持更开放态度的人们反驳说, 地球工程可以用来为减排争取更多时间,同时保持较低的气温,他们称之为“调峰” 。