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> Apparently they don't just completely vaporize, but instead leave behind micro particles that float around for a long time. That's not clear. There's no empi
by marcosdumay 4mo ago
> Apparently they don't just completely vaporize, but instead leave behind micro particles that float around for a long time.
That's not clear. There's no empirical evidence of it, and the computer models we have don't have definitive results.
Those alarms are not really proper.
- wolvoleo 4mo agoIgnoring problems until they become too big to pooh-pooh away is how we got into the climate crisis. And some countries are still pooh-poohing it away.
- inemesitaffia 4mo agoevidence based alarmism.
- wolvoleo 4mo agoOh now even facts are alarmism. Right.. :X
- inemesitaffia 4mo agoThere's no facts here. I've actually read the paper everyone mentions
- bell-cot 4mo agoAsk a rocket scientist how many up-front tons of CO2 a rocket launch puts into the atmosphere, per pound of will-eventually-reenter satellite mass. This is kinda like how it's "rational" to pooh-pooh away the possible radon emissions from your rock-hoarding obsession, when your house's floor beams are starting to make loud cracking sounds.