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Posted on 11/05/2025 2:15:33 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
With Bill Gates retreating from his high-profile climate crusade, the stage has opened for more unconventional actors to step into the planetary arena. Enter Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX and self-styled architect of humanity’s future in space.
This week, Musk floated an audacious vision: a vast swarm of orbiting satellites, not merely to beam internet or data, but to harvest solar energy and regulate how much sunlight reaches Earth. On Monday, he wrote on his platform X:
A large solar-powered AI satellite constellation would be able to prevent global warming by making tiny adjustments in how much solar energy reached Earth.
It is not an isolated musing. Musk already commands more than 8,000 satellites in orbit, making SpaceX the single largest operator in low Earth orbit. His company is also deeply integrated with the U.S. defense and intelligence establishment, providing secure communications and reconnaissance support. And as one of Donald Trump’s biggest donors and technology contractors, Musk stands at the intersection of private ambition and state power.
The announcement reignited debate over geoengineering — also known as solar radiation modification (SRM) — a highly controversial concept to cool the planet by deflecting sunlight. Many observers, weary of climate-doomsday narratives and wary of billionaire “saviors,” have urged Musk to refrain from “playing God.”
Musk’s posts were brief, but behind them lie two vast engineering ambitions — one focused on solar power, the other on climate control. To most readers, it may sound like science fiction, yet the ideas are grounded in real, if speculative, physics.
The first part of Musk’s plan involves satellites that would collect solar energy directly in space. He mentioned harnessing 100 gigawatts per year through an array...
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Skynet controlling how much sunlight reaches Earth, what could possibly go wrong?
God Save us .
Another Billionaire trying to play God
over this global warming scam.
Arrest all these dangerous rich lunatics before
they kill the planet and US .
That assumes that we can figure out the “optimal” amount of sunlight.
Just like fighting “climate change” assumes our current climate is “optimal.”
With “friends” like this... who needs “enemies” ?
Like the great idea of bringing King Kong to NYC , did that guy get sued for all the deaths and damage ? LOL
How can such an intelligent man taken in by the Global Warming con?
Elon can test this on Venus before trying any tech on Earth.
Wanna control sunlight? Do it on another planet first.
Jeez, talk about hubris. Musk needs a King Canute moment.
Has he ever been outside when a very thick cloud covers the Sun , you want it to move away fast
A fool and his money....
What could possibly go wrong🥶
Just tax it and politicians will find the optimal.
Really? Who is going to program these satellites?
Lol!
But I bet he DID keep the money he got from the ticket sales
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[To lower Earth’s average temperature by approximately 2 degrees Celsius, a space sunshade at the Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point would need a total area of several million square kilometers. The exact size depends on the specific design and the target amount of cooling needed to offset ongoing warming, but estimates generally fall within the range of a few million square kilometers.
Key estimates for the required size and related metrics:
Percentage of sunlight blocked: To fully offset global warming (which would include cooling by roughly 2°C), studies suggest blocking around 1.7% to 2% of incoming solar radiation.
Total area: A structure with an equivalent area of approximately 2.6 million square kilometers (or about 1 million square miles) would be required to block this amount of sunlight if positioned at the classical L1 point. Other estimates suggest an even larger area, around 4.5 million square kilometers, might be needed.
Composition: Due to the immense size and mass, a single structure is not feasible. Proposed designs involve trillions of smaller, independent disks or a series of smaller, modular shades acting together as an “archipelago”.
Mass: The total mass of such a system would be substantial, estimated at millions of tons (e.g., about 20 million tonnes in one proposal), posing a significant launch challenge.
The physical scale of such a project is comparable to the size of a large country, such as Argentina or roughly half the size of the contiguous United States, highlighting the monumental engineering and cost challenges involved.]-Gemini
Even with starship it would be millions of launches and trillions and trillions of dollars....or we can just bask in the warmth of a greener and wetter planet for a few thousands years till the ocean and the water cycle via igneous rock weathering pulls all the carbon back down to limestones , corals and deep sea muds.
Don’t worry, he’ll be on to something else next month.
Musk is not the first to speculate on this “insane” idea.
How can such an intelligent man taken in by the Global Warming con?
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