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Hermit-The-Prog

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14. Quick, everybody run outside, aim an electric fan at the sky and throw dirt into the airstream!

Reply to Bundbuster (Original post)

Tue Aug 27, 2024, 05:37 PM

Aug 27

Alternately, we could set off nuclear warheads at the tops of inconvenient mountains, thus reducing solar heating by way of the little bit of dust kicked up and creating some (future) parking lots and bowl-shaped lakes. How's that not a win-win?

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This Scientist Has a Risky Plan to Cool Earth - solar geoengineering. There's Growing Interest. [View all] Bundbuster Aug 2024 OP

I once read about a plan EYESORE 9001 Aug 2024 #1

I remember acid rain, and what a fight it was to clean it up. GPV Aug 2024 #2

After all, what could go wrong? Think of the movie Snowpiercer. keithbvadu2 Aug 2024 #3

"There are unintended consequences of powerful technologies like these" Caribbeans Aug 2024 #4

So... 2naSalit Aug 2024 #5

The entire fossil fuel era has been one long geoengineering experiment. RandomNumbers Aug 2024 #6

We have to try this ASAP IbogaProject Aug 2024 #7

we have tons of data. we've studied ash clouds from volcanos. mopinko Aug 2024 #8

The worst case scenario is probably having this work caraher Aug 2024 #9

Ten or so years ago, a documentary explained "Global Dimming"... CoopersDad Aug 2024 #10

Like so-called carbon capture, orthoclad Aug 2024 #11

"Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson is another exploration of this idea. hunter Aug 2024 #13

I feel like I should keep this. On solar-geoengineering. calimary Aug 2024 #12

Quick, everybody run outside, aim an electric fan at the sky and throw dirt into the airstream! Hermit-The-Prog Aug 27 #14