Are we there yet? Are we at the beginning of the end?

Gates and other private donors are backing Harvard University’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program, which will soon launch a new study researching the efficacy of blocking sunlight from reaching Earth’s surface.

So, is all of this a good idea or not? That’s hard to say right now, but all of the scientists and backers involved are only suggesting doing research—not taking large-scale action.

No one is suggesting we spray the clouds with calcium carbonate tomorrow, or even 10 years from now. But if we don’t understand how solar geoengineering will affect the world, by the time we need it as an option in our climate playbook, it will be too late. And that’s what this news really is: keeping options open and exploring the ramifications of a radical technology.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/bill-gates-is-thinking-about-dimming-the-sun/ar-BB1eZPUC?ocid=msedgntp

PermeateFree said:

Are we there yet? Are we at the beginning of the end?

Gates and other private donors are backing Harvard University’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program, which will soon launch a new study researching the efficacy of blocking sunlight from reaching Earth’s surface.

So, is all of this a good idea or not? That’s hard to say right now, but all of the scientists and backers involved are only suggesting doing research—not taking large-scale action.

No one is suggesting we spray the clouds with calcium carbonate tomorrow, or even 10 years from now. But if we don’t understand how solar geoengineering will affect the world, by the time we need it as an option in our climate playbook, it will be too late. And that’s what this news really is: keeping options open and exploring the ramifications of a radical technology.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/bill-gates-is-thinking-about-dimming-the-sun/ar-BB1eZPUC?ocid=msedgntp

Is Gates too busy micro-chipping everyone?

read that, probably need some solar geoengineering in the future, turning the energy gluttony of ~7.854billion+^ around probably wont do it, won’t be done soon enough

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

transition said:

read that, probably need some solar geoengineering in the future, turning the energy gluttony of ~7.854billion+^ around probably wont do it, won’t be done soon enough

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

So many people, most going in different directions.

I read a paper recently that said that putting objects in space to dim the Sun is the best way to survive the early heat up of the Sun before the Red Giant phase proper. I was not convinced, the solution in that paper would take several billion years to implement at a launch rate of one mirror a day, which would be a horrible drain on Earth’s resources.

Changing the Earth’s albedo by seeding clouds is much more promising. And it is a solution that would only take a decade or so to implement, not several billion years.

Of course, Gates is too busy being the only person on Earth funding the cure of malaria.

mollwollfumble said:

I read a paper recently that said that putting objects in space to dim the Sun is the best way to survive the early heat up of the Sun before the Red Giant phase proper. I was not convinced, the solution in that paper would take several billion years to implement at a launch rate of one mirror a day, which would be a horrible drain on Earth’s resources.

Changing the Earth’s albedo by seeding clouds is much more promising. And it is a solution that would only take a decade or so to implement, not several billion years.

Of course, Gates is too busy being the only person on Earth funding the cure of malaria.

PermeateFree said:

mollwollfumble said:

I read a paper recently that said that putting objects in space to dim the Sun is the best way to survive the early heat up of the Sun before the Red Giant phase proper. I was not convinced, the solution in that paper would take several billion years to implement at a launch rate of one mirror a day, which would be a horrible drain on Earth’s resources.

Changing the Earth’s albedo by seeding clouds is much more promising. And it is a solution that would only take a decade or so to implement, not several billion years.

Of course, Gates is too busy being the only person on Earth funding the cure of malaria.

Oh, poor PermeateFree.

mollwollfumble said:

PermeateFree said:

mollwollfumble said:

I read a paper recently that said that putting objects in space to dim the Sun is the best way to survive the early heat up of the Sun before the Red Giant phase proper. I was not convinced, the solution in that paper would take several billion years to implement at a launch rate of one mirror a day, which would be a horrible drain on Earth’s resources.

Changing the Earth’s albedo by seeding clouds is much more promising. And it is a solution that would only take a decade or so to implement, not several billion years.

Of course, Gates is too busy being the only person on Earth funding the cure of malaria.

Oh, poor PermeateFree.

No poor kid, frightened that your views might get taken up. People are fucking up her world big time.

wcpgw

dv said:

wcpgw

+1
what could possibly go wrong?

Lucky I have a ticket on Snowpiercer