Post 488490 by Olm_e@mamot.fr
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 (DIR) Post #488438 by neauoire@sunbeam.city
       2018-10-11T19:51:15Z
       
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       "Of course, Broecker continued, there was another option: solar geoengineering. We could shoot sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, where it would turn into droplets of sulfuric acid capable of reflecting at least some of the sunlight coming toward Earth — which could counterbalance the planet-warming effects of more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere."
       
 (DIR) Post #488490 by Olm_e@mamot.fr
       2018-10-11T19:53:27Z
       
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       @neauoire yes but the Chinese proverb says "all that goes up must go down" ... or was it Newton ? ...
       
 (DIR) Post #488545 by lichen@octodon.social
       2018-10-11T19:56:33Z
       
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       @neauoire "of course" techno-solutionism has all the answers... sigh
       
 (DIR) Post #488584 by neauoire@sunbeam.city
       2018-10-11T19:58:20Z
       
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       @Olm_e  (ノ°Д°）ノ︵ ┻━┻ ..┬──┬ ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
       
 (DIR) Post #489276 by icefox@octodon.social
       2018-10-11T20:32:22Z
       
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       @neauoire You have to get the sulfur *really* high into the atmosphere, and the behavior of it (how long it lasts, where it goes, etc) is very poorly understood.  It is believed to damage the ozone layer, for example.Main event that inspired this idea is the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991, which cooled things things down quite a bit in the subsequent couple years.  No idea how much SO2 got high in the air but it could have been 1000's of tons.I prefer orbital shades.
       
 (DIR) Post #489774 by unknowndevice@mastodon.social
       2018-10-11T20:59:16Z
       
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       @neauoire crazy that people would consider acid rain a reasonable by-product of this solution before degrowth/sustainable.