Posted on 07/01/2023 2:16:38 PM PDT by Libloather
The White House has opened the door to an audacious plan to block sunlight from hitting the surface of the Earth in a bid to halt global warming.
Despite some scientists warning the effort could have untold side effects from altering the chemical makeup of the atmosphere, President Joe Biden's administration have admitted they're open to the idea, which has never been attempted before.
In a report released Friday by the White House, officials suggested limiting sunlight to rapidly cool the planet, a process known as solar radiation modification (SRM).
The administration added a note of skepticism to the report by noting that Congress ordered it, insisting it has not made any decision on 'geoengineering' policy.
The report noted several ways authorities could look to achieve SRM, all of which come with potentially devastating consequences if they backfire.
One method would be to significantly increase the amount of aerosols in the stratosphere, which would reflect the sun's rays from the planet.
Other ideas floated included increasing cloud coverage over oceans, or reducing the amount of cirrus cloud formations, which reflect solar radiation back to the Earth.
The report noted that undertaking the mammoth task could have severe ramifications weather patterns and food supplies, which would in turn impact biodiversity, geopolitics, and health.
It also suggested that committing to the idea then backtracking and changing course could lead to abrupt warming as the suns rays suddenly heat the Earth once more.
While insisting that it was not definitively moving ahead with the plan, the Biden administration insisted in its report that the idea appeared promising.
It said a 'program of research' into the practice would 'enable better-informed decisions about the potential risks and benefits' of blocking the sun.
The White House added that exploring the idea would also...
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Our tomato plants are just sitting there.. haven’t had full sun since the smoke in almost two weeks. We usually have ripened tomatoes by 7/4.
This idea was in the popular press a decade before I retired 24 years ago.
“ And what does that tell you?”
Tells me the military leaders are more concerned with ideology than actually protecting our country.
When do you get the impression they’re working for somebody else?
I’m in Phoenix we have to deal with too much sun
sounds like Babylon Bee
Biden will shade Texas and Florida for sure
How many billions of dollars have we sp[ent to subsidize the solar panel industry? An now we want to reduce the efficiency off the sun? Someone needs to tell Joe that this will impact every other country on the earth too. Have they all bought into this mad scheme? I doubt it. Who are we to block out the sun?
Good luck, elitist jerks, waiting in your tricked-out bunkers for a world worth going back out to.
Please keep repeating that until Milley faces the UCMJ sentence he deserves. And that's too lenient for him.
She was pretty hot so i have no idea...
Great idea! Let’s accelerate the onset of the coming mini Ice Age.
Idiots, all.
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