[HN Gopher] Pollution cuts have diminished "ship track" clouds, ...
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       Pollution cuts have diminished "ship track" clouds, adding to
       global warming
        
       Author : dr_dshiv
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2023-08-02 22:08 UTC (53 minutes ago)
        
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       | 8chanAnon wrote:
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       | ahelwer wrote:
       | With each passing year my dread increases that this is all headed
       | toward intensive solar radiation management schemes that will
       | forever rob us of a beautiful blue sky. Anything to avoid real
       | changes.
        
         | thecrumbles wrote:
         | And given that a reality in which we all ride bicycles and own
         | nothing is unlikely, why is this not a real solution?
         | 
         | It seems increasingly clear, especially given this unexpected
         | termination shock caused by the switch to low-sulfur fuel oil,
         | that aerial dispersants should be taken seriously are a viable
         | solution.
         | 
         | What if we're past the point where shaming those who over-
         | consume will effect any meaningful change in a timescale that
         | will save us?
         | 
         | I don't understand why it would be necessary to rob us of a
         | 'beautiful blue sky', wouldn't a tiny fractional reduction in
         | solar radiation would move the needle appreciably? Its not as
         | if we'd have to create a supervolcano.
        
         | adhesive_wombat wrote:
         | Praise Hactar! Maybe LLMs and Boston Dynamics will merge and
         | that's where the robots come from.
        
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