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A controversial experiment to artificially cool Earth was canceled — what we know about why (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I’ve watched Snowpiercer. I know how this ends.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

unfortunately we also know how runaway greenhouse effect ends.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Sci-fi has assured me that Venus has the hottest babes, but they're awful cagey about what kind of hot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I’ve seen a bunch of Terminator style movies where an AI slices, dices, scorches and/or nukes humanity to oblivion long before climate change gets us. I have it on good authority that we don’t need worry about the temperature change.