“I think that it is actually quite tragic that the US government has decided to put their head in the sand and pretend there is no problem when the data are showing exactly the opposite,” Rahmstorf said.
“I think that it is actually quite tragic that the US government has decided to put their head in the sand and pretend there is no problem when the data are showing exactly the opposite,” Rahmstorf said.
“actively cool the planet”
Geo engineering, or “solar radiation management,” as they’re calling it now. Yeah, that’s right, folks. They’re gonna pump sulfur dioxide, or something, into the atmosphere to cool the planet. I know it, they’re going to do it. That’s how they’re doing to “fix” this. We can keep burning the fossil fuels that way. Burn the coal, burn the oil, burn the natural gas, it’s all fine because we can just cool the climate down. It’s so easy!
We are so cooked.
Another idea I’ve seen floated is solar shades. Which is arguably better than pumping even more shit into the atmosphere. Then there’s the techbro asshats who wanted to put mirrors in orbit to shine light on solar farms through more of the day. Which like… it’s insane. Last I heard it was being shot down, so hopefully it doesn’t work out for them.