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PicassoCTs
on April 29, 2023
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Deadly heat threatens the well-being of 1B people ...
India will turn to geo engineering i guess. Either sulfur into the atmosphere or low orbit dust rings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injectio...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02731...
hammyhavoc
on April 29, 2023
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Will it? It's merely a proposed idea. There are uncertainties:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injectio...
plainOldText
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As well as other possible side effects such as: ozone depletion, stratospheric temperature change, deposition and acid rain, effects on crop yields, etc. [1]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_aerosol_injectio...
yogthos
on April 29, 2023
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Countries will obviously start taking risks with uncertainties when it becomes certain that they risk destruction due to rising heat.
hammyhavoc
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Is that obvious? The proposed method has the possible side effect of ozone depletion. Increasing UV creates a whole new set of problems.
yogthos
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Pretty obvious that if a billion people finds themselves in the conditions that the article describes they will take drastic measures.
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