• barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Fun fact: All this probably happened because we stopped to geoengineer by outlawing ships blowing sulphur into the air which created additional cloud cover. That is, this year isn’t really exceptional climate-change wise, it’s just that we could witness, by fortuitous natural experiment, how much worse it actually already is… as well as that we can limit the impact by geoengineering. It works, and without wrecking havoc on the overall system.

    And the good news is that we don’t need to blow sulphur into the air to generate clouds, the same effect can be had by blowing salt water into the air, just strap a couple of water cannons to every cargo ship. No I’m dead serious.

    • doomer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      All this probably happened because we stopped to geoengineer by outlawing ships blowing sulphur into the air which created additional cloud cover.

      You have your causality running backwards… this was already here, and the sulfur was masking it. This happened because we put so many GHG in the air.

      It works, and without wrecking havoc on the overall system.

      Europe is the one that initiated the sulfur reductions. With the additional dimming data now available, they reviewed it to determine how much damage had been caused. The conclusion? The benefits of reducing sulfur actually outweigh the damage of unmasked warming. The plan for further reductions was upheld.

      If we mask radiative forcing, we don’t want to be doing it with sulfur. That leads to acid rain, ocean acidification, and asthma and other diseases. CaCO3 is a candidate. The long-term consequences of any candidate is unknown. Except that we know that the less sulfur raining down on us and the fish in general, the better.

      • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 year ago

        You have your causality running backwards… this was already here, and the sulfur was masking it.

        Which is what I said?

    • AllonzeeLV@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Nobody panic!

      The only people that matter, who also happen to be the ones that caused and continue to exacerbate the climate apocalypse knowingly for private profit, have built luxury bunker complexes in temperate places like New Zealand to shield themselves from the consequences of their own actions.

      No one important is in danger, just us billions of disposable capital batteries, no biggie.

      Now get back to work! The owners/Pharoahs/oligarchs/beloved job creators have quarterly ego score expectations to exploit out of you before you die of heat stroke as a result of your bad decisions, like being poor!

        • queermunist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          This is literally idealism.

          You have an idea about a market solution to the problem, and then act like you’ve solved the problem.

          The problem isn’t a lack of ideas! The problem is a lack of implementation! You have to get these ideas into the real world somehow, and revolution is the only way you can do that. There are billionaires aligned against implementing these ideas. You have to stop them.

          • galloog1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            It’s not idealism. If you have a better solution that is not radical by design, go ahead. I was literally not specific intentionally. Go ahead, what instrument within the current system would work that are not regulations?

            • queermunist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Regulations don’t work when they don’t get implemented, which means your ideas are purely ideas and not materialistic solutions. There aren’t going to be any regulations, don’t you get it? That ship has so obviously sailed.

              There isn’t a better solution that’s not radical and that’s why radical solutions all that’s left!

  • Alex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    What the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know | Al Gore | TED https://piped.video/watch?v=xgZC6da4mco

    Oil barrons merely see global warming as yet another catastrophe to take advantage of for power and profit, they will have their companies pump oil til there’s not a single drop left to pump anywhere, using every excuse they can find to keep pumping and polluting while evading taxes and regulation as much as possible. They are evil scum and belong in jail for their lies and behavior.

    • Rediphile@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Drug dealers are arguably pretty evil…but there is undeniably huge demand for the products. And getting rid of a dealer won’t solve addiction itself.