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There's been some talk about ship emissions changing and created more global warming because some of the chemicals they pumped actually had a cooling effect. I
by alexb_ 3y ago
There's been some talk about ship emissions changing and created more global warming because some of the chemicals they pumped actually had a cooling effect. I can't remember the specifics, but was there ever a reason why we couldn't just pump out cooling agents into the atmosphere?
- sci_prog 3y agoHere is a decent explanation as to why not: https://youtu.be/CHJKKsOHtAk?si=FYd1FawD-_GN_Cex https://youtu.be/CHJKKsOHtAk?si=FYd1FawD-_GN_Cex
- thriftwy 3y agoSince it is actually a nasty, acid rain causing, Sulfur Oxide.
- wk_end 3y agoGiven the choice - and I'm sincerely asking this, because I don't know enough about the subject - what'd be worse here, the disease or the cure? Could we live with acid rain if it staved off cataclysmic global warming?
- sophacles 3y agoAcid rain kills trees and other plant-life long term. This is bad for global warming... it's not an "either or".
- yojo 3y agoIf the goal is to conduct intentional geoengineering to reduce global warming, there are better things to inject into the atmosphere than sulfur dioxide. Basically just reflective dust.
- RhodesianHunter 3y agoHad to look this up, very interesting: https://www.thedailybeast.com/weve-been-accidentally-geoengineering-the-earth-for-decades-with-ship-tracks https://www.thedailybeast.com/weve-been-accidentally-geoengi...
- dls2016 3y agoThere was measurable temperature change in the days after 9/11.