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Climate scientists want an umbrella the size of Argentina to block out the sun
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:02 pm
the science is settled! 
Climate scientists want an umbrella the size of Argentina to block out the sun
A team of climate scientists want to launch enormous umbrellas into space to reduce the Earth’s exposure to the sun and fight climate change, The New York Times reported Friday.
The underlying idea is that large parasols could be positioned in space such that they marginally reduce the intensity of sunlight the Earth receives and thereby mitigate some global warming, the Times reported. In order to block out enough radiation, a single sunshade would need to be approximately the size of Argentina — nearly one million square miles — and would weigh about 2.5 million tons, so scientists are looking to prove the idea could work by first producing a 100 square foot prototype with the help of $10 to $20 million of funding.
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Climate scientists want an umbrella the size of Argentina to block out the sun
A team of climate scientists want to launch enormous umbrellas into space to reduce the Earth’s exposure to the sun and fight climate change, The New York Times reported Friday.
The underlying idea is that large parasols could be positioned in space such that they marginally reduce the intensity of sunlight the Earth receives and thereby mitigate some global warming, the Times reported. In order to block out enough radiation, a single sunshade would need to be approximately the size of Argentina — nearly one million square miles — and would weigh about 2.5 million tons, so scientists are looking to prove the idea could work by first producing a 100 square foot prototype with the help of $10 to $20 million of funding.
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Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:04 pm to djmed
Good grief. It will be fun when that thing deteriorates and comes slamming back into Earth.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:05 pm to djmed
Oh, I like this idea!
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:05 pm to djmed
What could go wrong?
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:05 pm to djmed
So, $100,000/sq. ft.
X
Size of Argentina=
Math checks out.
X
Size of Argentina=
Math checks out.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:07 pm to djmed
I'd rather them build this umbrella than shut down global manufacturing.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:10 pm to djmed
It sounds similar to an idea pitched to Richard Pryor in "Brewster's Millions." The idea was to use giant tugboats to tow icebergs out of the shipping lanes, or something like that.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:10 pm to CountryVolFan
So now it's not CO2 or Methane ......it's solar activity ...
Is this the real reason John Kerry has been reassigned?
Is this the real reason John Kerry has been reassigned?
This post was edited on 2/2/24 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:12 pm to djmed
When you have cribbed a plot from The Simpsons as your scientific findings, you have officially gone fricking nuts.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:13 pm to djmed
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:13 pm to djmed
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:13 pm to mtntiger
quote:
It sounds similar to an idea pitched to Richard Pryor in "Brewster's Millions." The idea was to use giant tugboats to tow icebergs out of the shipping lanes, or something like that.
It was actually stupider, which was to sail icebergs to the Middle East to provide water for them.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:16 pm to djmed
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$10 to $20 million of funding.
That's a nice grift, Al Gore approves.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:16 pm to djmed
It must be summer in the southern hemisphere. Anywhere it gets hot it seems like these type of articles pop up more frequently.
Do y'all remember a couple of weeks ago when it got down into the teens in southern Louisiana? Yeah, the cold is MUCH worse than the heat.
Do y'all remember a couple of weeks ago when it got down into the teens in southern Louisiana? Yeah, the cold is MUCH worse than the heat.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:18 pm to djmed
Any decrease in sunlight significant enough to effect earth's temperature is gonna have a huge effect on plants. Like food crops.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:19 pm to djmed
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100 square foot prototype
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$10 to $20 million of funding.
Can I just sell them a 10x10 tarp and keep the other $19,999,990?
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:19 pm to CountryVolFan
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I'd rather them build this umbrella than shut down global manufacturing.
They will do both.
Then fire up more studies when it doesn’t work and the climate still changes.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:22 pm to CountryVolFan
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I'd rather them build this umbrella than shut down global manufacturing.
1) This "umbrella" the size of a large continent is physically impossible.
2) "They" will attempt to outlaw industries in the US and Europe while China, Africa, and India keep doing whatever they want to.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:23 pm to AndyCBR
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1) This "umbrella" the size of a large continent is physically impossible.
Trying to create a stadium roof for Olympic Stadium in Montreal was a gigantic boondoggle.
And this is quite a few orders larger than that.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:30 pm to djmed
Bill Gates wants to shoot dust clouds of calcium carbonate to block out the sun.
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