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Should we dim the sun to help curb climate change?
July 13, 2023, 09:30 AM
ensigmaticShould we dim the sun to help curb climate change?
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Originally posted by radioman:
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Should we dim the sun
But then solar panels won't get as much sun....
That was my wife's first reaction.
They really don't think through the things they come up with very well
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MRBTXSounds like another Super Collider venture...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...cting_Super_ColliderJuly 13, 2023, 09:52 AM
BigSwedeWow, just like Snowpecker
July 13, 2023, 10:25 AM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Or... Hear me out... We could just enclose the earth in a giant outer structure, and install a bunch of really big air conditioners... Then install the thermostat in the UN headquarters.
If it gets too hot, we just vote to turn the thermostat down. And if it gets too cold, we can just vote to turn the thermostat up.
Foolproof.
Cover the outer side of the sphere with solar panels to run the big air conditioners and supply enough energy for all the planet's needs. No more pollution from burning coal and petroleum products. Greta will be ecstatic!
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Shaqlquote:
It's never going to happen, of course, just like all the other puerile fantasy that comes out of the mouths of these oxygen thieves.
They just need a $10M grant to study the idea for the next 5 years or so.
Also:
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July 13, 2023, 02:45 PM
OzarkwoodsWe already have a shit load of Fan farms operating along the coasts and on the open plains. What more do they need?
Here is the story on Fans. So my son while in college western Oklahoma. Always windy, a group of students were standing around with a beer in their hand talking about the wind…when a female in the group said well she knew why it was so windy there all the time…the huge fans along the ridge not too far off are always on. The guys were speechless. I won’t tell you what her hair color was you can already guess it.
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July 13, 2023, 02:53 PM
RightwireI'm surprised someone in congress hasn't suggested we send a space mission to the sun to turn it down a bit.
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parabellumJust make sure they land at night, otherwise they'll burn up.
July 13, 2023, 04:15 PM
flashguyquote:
Originally posted by darthfuster:
Climate change is geek mythology.
I like that characxterization, and am stealing it.
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Texan by choice, not accident of birth July 13, 2023, 04:21 PM
erj_pilotI think my IQ dropped 16 points from just having read that headline. I can’t afford to lose that much……
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chellim1Old thread warning!
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Should we dim the sun to help curb climate change?
It's a ridiculous idea... but geoengineering is not "fake news". It's been going on for years.
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-rduckwor November 11, 2025, 11:09 AM
comet24quote:
The most promising potential approach, according to scientists, would involve using planes to release reflective particles into the upper atmosphere to bounce a small amount of sunlight back into space before it reaches Earth.
Sure, that's not going to have any unintended consequences.
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November 11, 2025, 11:12 AM
egregoreThese events, just two of many, occurred naturally, but the principle (substances sent up into the atmosphere to reduce solar radiation reaching the earth) is the same.
Volcanic winter of 536 AD 1816, the Year Without a Summer. With very few exceptions (and even then, droughts, normally associated with hot weather, were often preceded by harsh winters), weather-caused famines and other human suffering have been times of
cold, not warmth.
"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke November 11, 2025, 11:14 AM
comet24Maybe a giant beach umbrella. I'm sure China can build one. I mean, they built that new large bridge in no time........
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November 11, 2025, 11:19 AM
Orgussquote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
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Originally posted by PASig:
This is what they did in the movie Snowpiercer...
Guess you didn't read my whole post.
It was also a plot device in
The Matrix. The machines were solar powered, so humans burned the sky.
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chellim1quote:
Originally posted by comet24:
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The most promising potential approach, according to scientists, would involve using planes to release reflective particles into the upper atmosphere to bounce a small amount of sunlight back into space before it reaches Earth.
Sure, that's not going to have any unintended consequences.
Especially when those particles are aluminum, which falls to the earth, and...
The government has finally admitted that chemtrails are real. It’s called geoengineering. Dane Wigington explains.
https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-dane-wigington
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth."
-rduckwor November 11, 2025, 02:58 PM
HRKquote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Or... Hear me out... We could just enclose the earth in a giant outer structure,
Wait, so you're saying, build a death star enclosure with ray guns and tie fighters such, will we still have Space Force, and will Dark Helmet be in charge?
November 11, 2025, 03:39 PM
architectquote:
But then solar panels won't get as much sun....
Easy peasy, just put them all in space!
When it gets too cold we can always orbit continent-sized mirrors to harvest more sunlight. By then we will probably have all moved to Mars anyway.
C'mon people, I don't think you're seeing the big picture here!
November 11, 2025, 04:17 PM
Hamden106quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede:
Wow, just like Snowpecker
My weener dog knows all about that. In fact he co-wrote the skript
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November 12, 2025, 09:33 AM
Fly-Sigquote:
Originally posted by chellim1:
The government has finally admitted that chemtrails are real. It’s called geoengineering. Dane Wigington explains.
Like all good conspiracy theories, there is a germ of truth but a whole heap of bs.
Sure, there have been some weather manipulation programs. But the entire thing about contrails being chemtrails, and for the purpose of affecting humans, that's top tier bs. I see people all the time posting photos of normal jet contrails and the normal ways they can appear, way up high, and claim that these are nefarious government activities, using unsuspecting commercial airliners even.
I hope legitimate discussions about geo engineering won't be marginalized by the chemtrail nuttery.