[HN Gopher] Geoengineering (Wrong 2)
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       Geoengineering (Wrong 2)
        
       Author : impish9208
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2024-12-25 01:02 UTC (21 hours ago)
        
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       | BenFranklin100 wrote:
       | This a logical and well laid out article. Solar Radiation
       | Management (SRM) is the only practical solution that we know of
       | to effectively manage rising temperatures in the short to medium
       | term as we finalize the move away from carbon energy sources.
       | Given the risks from rising CO2 levels, SRM needs to be taken
       | more seriously.
        
       | gs17 wrote:
       | > Any SRM program that purported to be serious about mitigating
       | global warming would have to operate at a level of a few million
       | tons of SO2 per year, or a few percent of what is already coming
       | from volcanoes, fossil fuels, and wildfires.
       | 
       | This really doesn't get mentioned enough. I didn't realize the
       | scale of what would have the desired effect was so small in
       | comparison to what's happening without human intervention. I
       | hadn't exactly done a deep dive, but any media I saw about it
       | made it look like it was many times more SO2 than would be
       | emitted otherwise.
        
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