Make Sunsets: Geoengineering

(marginalrevolution.com)

3 points | by andyjsong 12 hours ago ago

2 comments

  • astroflection 11 hours ago ago

    I just finished reading Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson. Seems unreal that people are already trying to augment(because "repair" isn't the right word) the Earth's climate using SO2.

    • andyjsong 21 minutes ago ago

      >I just finished reading Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson.

      What took you so long? :) The book came out in 2021. He's even written about Make Sunsets in his substack: https://x.com/MakeSunsets/status/1871734075008115081

      Augment and repair are not the right words here. Since the Industrial Revolution, we've already been cooling the Earth by influencing radiative forcing; we're just doing it the worst way possible, by applying sunscreen at the wrong altitude (troposphere) and using too much of it.

      Here's further reading if you'd like to learn more https://www.keepcool.co/p/no-one-is-coming-to-save-us-time-t...