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In Silicon Valley, a Rogue Plan to Alter the Climate | Some restless entrepreneurs are releasing pollutants in the sky to try to cool the planet.

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Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/climate/rogue-solar-geoengineering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU4.s4f6.YZ1fcHMYoyzS&smid=url-share

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  • unmagical@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is 100% going to work with 0 consequences.

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  • EbenezerScrew@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This just makes me think of the ending of the show Dinosaurs.

    “This is Howard Handupme. Good night. Goodbye.”

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  • notaviking@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even if I know it could end badly, I actually still believe this is the best short term plan, we already geoengineered the atmosphere warmer, might as well quickly cool it down back to where it was. But as long as this is seen as a bandaid, not the cure

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  • JohnSmith@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Another fine example of people consumed by hubris to the extent nothing else is left.

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  • solrize@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why aren’t they in jail?

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