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I assume other people have put thought into this but just as your standard braindead engineer I see some problems with dimming the sun. Some big ones: 1: it wo
by conartist6 2y ago
I assume other people have put thought into this but just as your standard braindead engineer I see some problems with dimming the sun. Some big ones:
1: it would make solar less effective so we'll have a harder time reducing our fossil fuel usage
2: fossil fuels will actually run out at a certain point, and we'd still be stuck with a dim sun but without the warming effects of fossil fuels
3: engineering is a process of trial and error, and we can't afford to try this and fuck it up
- dr_dshiv 2y ago1. SRM will reduce efficiency of equatorial solar but minimally effect solar in northern climes. Like, less than 5% reduction. Pretty good trade off for stabilizing temperatures. SRM from lofting sulfur or calcium only lasts about a year. It has to be done yearly. So, no long term effects, for better or worse. 2: We will fry the planet long before running out of fossil fuels. There is a lot left. 3: we absolutely can and must try geoengineering at small scales before scaling up. It isn’t a binary phenomenon. Every time there is a volcanic event, we get a natural experiment.