Posted on 02/02/2024 7:10:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
It’s come to this. With Earth at its hottest point in recorded history, and humans doing far from enough to stop its overheating, a small but growing number of astronomers and physicists are proposing a potential fix that could have leaped from the pages of science fiction: the equivalent of a giant beach umbrella, floating in outer space.
The idea is to create a huge sunshade and send it to a far away point between the Earth and the sun to block a small but crucial amount of solar radiation, enough to counter global warming. Scientists have calculated that if just shy of 2% of the sun’s radiation is blocked, that would be enough to cool the planet by 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 Fahrenheit, and keep Earth within manageable climate boundaries.
The idea has been at the outer fringes of conversations about climate solutions for years. But as the climate crisis worsens, interest in sun shields has been gaining momentum, with more researchers offering up variations. There’s even a foundation dedicated to promoting solar shields.
Proponents say that a sunshade would not eliminate the need to stop burning coal, oil and gas, the main drivers of climate change. Even if greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels were to immediately drop to zero, there’s already excessive heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
A sunshade would help stabilize the climate, supporters of the idea say, while other climate mitigation strategies were being pursued.
“I’m not saying this will be the solution, but I think everybody has to work toward every possible solution,” said Szapudi, the astronomer who proposed tethering a sunshade to an asteroid.
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There is no crisis.
I have a great idea! Let’s mess with the sun!
I’m old enough to remember when these idiots wanted to turn the snow black with soot to slow down global cooling.
Oops.....I read that too fast.
Thought it said they were launching a “giant parasite”
into outer space to help the crisis of food shortages.
That could mean only one person....Stacey Abrams.
They are going to mess around and kill us all.
Weirdos trying to play God again.
CO2 is part of the cycle of life. We breath in Oxygen and exhale CO2, plants take in CO2 and produce Oxygen.
If they limit CO2, they limit life on Earth.
Strange movie but quite entertaining. Especially Mathilde.
Sure, now that China and Japan have entered the space race and the Koreans are firing off rockets.
But tell them that the space parasol can’t just be made out of paper and toothpicks.
“There is no climate crisis. There is only a crisis of intelligence.”
And, a crisis of corruption.
Ethics in journalism today is just a word, not a practice.
i think instead, we should take everyone who thinks these kinds of plans are a good idea, put them on a rocket and fire them into space between the earth and the sun in order “to block a small but crucial amount of solar radiation”
Yes, if we attached the WEF and their globalist minions to it, and jettisoned
them toward the Sun.
what could possibly go wrong?
“It’s come to this. With Earth at its hottest point in recorded history, “
Started LOLing right there.
This article requires hipwaders AND a shovel:
"Earth at its hottest point in recorded history...humans doing far from enough to stop its overheating...create a huge sunshade...to block a small but crucial amount of solar radiation, enough to counter global warming...and keep Earth within manageable climate boundaries. As the climate crisis worsens...a sunshade would not eliminate the need to stop burning coal, oil and gas, the main drivers of climate change. Even if greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels were to immediately drop to zero, there’s already excessive heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."
And you, countering their "settled science", replied:
Plants need light and carbon dioxide. Decrease either one, and plants will suffer. Ironically, decreasing the light will cause carbon dioxide levels to increase, because plants will be less active and pull less CO2 out of the air to grow.
Seriously though, the sheer arrogance of these people presuming 1.Humanity's actions are a blight that's destroying the ecosystem, 2.Their elite combined intelligence can save us from those actions at the low, low cost of our Freedoms, and 3.They assume the role of God before the Great Unwashed while denying His existance.
But given enough time, money and power these asshats could lead Earth to the destruction they purport to save us from.
no, it will not help.. As the UN has stated today, the only item that will fix climate change is cash. Cold hard ca$h..
Anyone who's read Asimov might recognize this mindset as that of Solarians. They also genetically engineered themselves to be hermaphrodites.
Civilians should begin developing a small fleet of parasite drones that can attach themselves to any such abomination and route it directly into the Sun.
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