Once considered a fringe idea, the prospect of offsetting global warming by releasing massive quantities of sunlight-reflecting particles into Earth's atmosphere is now a matter of serious scientific consideration. Hundreds of studies have modeled how this form of solar geoengineering, known as stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), might work.
  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    The number one thing we should be focused on is reducing and eventually eliminating our fossil fuel use. We’re not doing that, but geoengineering is NOT a substitute.

    • Jim East@slrpnk.netEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      The number one thing we should be focused on is reducing and eventually eliminating our fossil fuel use.

      suicidal

      Eventually, yes, but if that’s the number one priority and the effort is successful, then the Earth is cooked.

    • fake_meows@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Have you ever checked the math?

      There is too much carbon in the atmosphere already, we completely blew the pollution budget and then went on to exceed the safe limits by a lot.

      Simply stopping fossil fuels isn’t a solution. Not any more. Not by a long shot.

      Your comment reads like you think the purpose of geoengineering is to allow more pollution.

      My take on the situation is we already did that fossil fuel use and most people haven’t caught onto that yet. We are much farther into the problem than people admit. So what direction can we go to survive?