Posted on 03/23/2021 1:50:14 PM PDT by DFG
The first test of a project backed to spray millions of tonnes of chalk into the stratosphere, in an attempt to 'dim the sun' and cool the Earth, could happen in June.
Harvard University experts will test the system by sending a large balloon 12 miles above the Swedish town of Kiruna and have it drop 2kg of chalk dust into the stratosphere.
The aim of the estimated $3 million mission, backed by billionaire Bill Gates, is to have the chalk deflect a portion of the sun's radiation, stop it from hitting the surface, and cool the planet.
The idea has been heavily criticised since its inception, with project director Frank Keutsch even calling the need for this scale of geo-engineering 'terrifying'.
And experts have warned that the unusual technique could be disastrous for weather systems in ways nobody can predict.
Backed by a range of private donors including Gates, the test mission is launching from Sweden as they could offer a launch by the end of this summer.
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.isn’t changing the climate dangerous?
None dare call him a psychopath.
How’s that for hubris???
Had to do it himself, since no one else could be trusted to not fill the bucket with sharp rocks and razor blades...
Chalk Dust Torture, Phish...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DRImik3MBo
I think Britain has quite a bit of it. Those white cliffs of Dover and all.
If we could turn Gates into chalk dust and spray him into the stratosphere that would do a world of good.
By the same principle, wouldn’t a warmer earth create more water vapor (and cooling rain) in the atmosphere by evaporation...accomplishing the same thing or better than spraying chalk?
Chalk dust.
Great for the lungs.
Hey now, everyone knows how wonderful the last Dark Ages were.
/a little ice age never hurt nobody
;)
Hah! I should have read the replies first. Isn’t it remarkable that three of us immediately considered the proposal so insane as to conjure images of a straitjacket?!
Wait a second. I saw this movie. The more apt question to ask is, “who owns the train?”
Is there a term for an individual who is so determined to not only celebrate their own failures but also force them on others?
I’m not sure where they come from. I would feel a lot safer if these meglomaniacs would stop trying to save us.
They do....but I thought I read some years ago that France owns them now?
control freak ...
The experiment has already been done (by Mother Nature). In 1816 a volcano exploded in the south sea area and put so much ash in the air it blocked the sun for over a year. It was known as the year without summer.
Results were no crops and the temperature dropped. People died of starvation and of the cold! The experiment does not need to be repeated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer
We're actually in a cooler than average period considering the history of the planet.
And life is still here.
If they want the planet to get back to normal, they are going to need to warm it up some, not turn it into a giant popsicle.
And really, don't all these climate hysterists believe in evolution, too? Don't they think that life will adapt to the new warmer conditions?
For me, I'd be happy to see less snow, a longer growing season, and lower heating bills.
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