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[Article] Outrageous $200 trillion climate hack proposes blasting diamonds into the atmosphere (www.techspot.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by BrikoX to c/interestingshare

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The premise is based on the idea of solar geoengineering via stratospheric aerosol injection. Basically, it involves seeding the upper atmosphere with lots of tiny particles that can reflect some of the sun's incoming rays back into space before they reach the surface, creating a cooling effect. It's been theorized that dispersing around 5 million tons of pulverized diamond dust per year could lower global temperatures by nearly 2.9°F.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

We obviously didn't learn our lesson with asbestos. How the fuck would we clean a windshield or anything? Let's sprinkle teeny tiny abrasive particles everywhere and hope they don't get laden with contaminants

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

or fiber glass. There was just a thing with a guy who got his fiber glass air ducts cleaned and they were not supposed to use a brush but they used a brush.