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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] 7ai 20 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

So anything but reducing carbon emissions which are the root cause.

[–] sun_is_ra 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I like beef. I'm generally content with beans and chicken to cover the same need, but I really like beef.

I think if we make some kind of artificial beef sufficiently cheaper, we'll dramatically reduce at least some of those emissions.

Also reduction of carbon emissions is tied to current carbohydrates producers' power, which is being used to preserve itself. Politicians are incentivized with indirect bribes to impede the transition.

[–] [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.

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

Isn't this how multiple apocalypse movies and at least one apocalypse game begins?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

This idea must have been pitched by DeBeers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Per year

lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

You just had to go and bling the chem-trails, didn't you? :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

This sounds like a bad idea.

According to the linked article this diamond dust is to be injected into the stratosphere. Wouldn't this interfere with aviation? Airplanes also travel inside the stratosphere. Also, wouldn't placing diamond dust in the atmoshphere interfere with the launching of satellites/ rockets? One could argue that there is also sand dust present, but diamond dust consists of way harder particles than sand. As pointed out in the comments: would't the diamond dust also have an impact on surfaces when it comes down (the example mentioned was scratching of car's windshields) to the ground? Is it safe to breathe?