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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Blocking sunlight will render our solar panels useless
Bribe’m needs to be impeached and Hairass needs to just croak over.
Kevin McCarthy isn’t Trump but he’d be a huge improvement as president
Would someone remind him solar panels need sunlight.
I think i have seen this movie....actually about 200 movies.
The latest was at 5am on a roku channel.
“The Colony” staring Bill Paxton and Laurence Fishburne.
The one and only movie that i had paid for in the theater then walked out of because it was so horrible was “Highlander 2: The Quickening” based on a catastrophic climate change experiment gone bad as it’s backdrop.
What a CRAP movie that was..
Solar cells have the sadz over this!
I was going to say “OMG, Biden has gone full Mr. Burns.”
Crop failures and worldwide famine. What could go wrong?
Brain dead idiot has no idea what he says. Pedophile trash.
Honestly thought this was the bee.
Sounds like these idiots have never been in the sunshine when clouds showed up
Smithers: “And when [Mr. Burns] tried to steal our sunlight, he crossed that line between everyday villainy and cartoonish supervillainy.”
What could possibly go wrong? :)
We don’t need no stink plants or trees - we all know that Oxygen is a greenhouse gas and needs to be eliminated before we all die of extreme heat.
This could easily be done by setting off thermonuclear explosives at Yellowstone National Park to cause the caldera lying beneath the park to erupt. Should this happen, there would be no more global warming and the world’s population would become much more manageable.
It's clear these idiots don't know how thermodynamics work.
Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
A diversion, and a Simpsons episode becoming reality.
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
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