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47. Eliminating commuting and curtailing jet travel would cut carbon emissions by between 25 to 40%.

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Fri Apr 25, 2025, 06:45 AM

Apr 25

But, that’s too hard. Let’s dim the Sun instead.

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Experiments to dim the sun given green light [View all] highplainsdem Apr 24 OP

Smoking with a tracheotomy Ponietz Apr 24 #1

I actually saw a patient in a wheelchair outside a dialysis center doing just that. Freaked me out. Silent Type Apr 24 #10

That's an even more perfect metaphor thought crime Apr 24 #11

I remember that Figarosmom Apr 25 #39

You win the trenchant accurate wit award! NNadir Apr 25 #56

You taught me well, professor Ponietz Apr 25 #58

Mr. Burns tried something like this once... Earl_from_PA Apr 24 #2

My first thought as well. underpants Apr 24 #9

Maggie put a stop to it. (eom) StevieM Apr 25 #37

:D "Owls will defean us with incessant hooting!" C Moon Apr 25 #38

How about "pollute less"? Is that so hard? C_U_L8R Apr 24 #3

We may be past the point melm00se Apr 24 #6

So? Cirsium Apr 25 #59

We are decades past only "consuming less" IbogaProject Apr 24 #7

I don't remember if I suggested in a post waaay back (for me, been here ? anout 2+ - 3 yrs).... electric_blue68 Apr 24 #14

Fucking Reagan taking down the WH Solar Panels...we really could have had a head start at all this! electric_blue68 Apr 24 #15

I'm kind of old angryxyouth Apr 24 #19

There were Experiments with solar panels angryxyouth Apr 24 #27

They were thermal (hot water), not photovoltaic, but they were still panels. sl8 Apr 24 #29

Ooops, ty for the correction. I forgot about the flurocarbons. electric_blue68 Apr 24 #32

Yes. Igel Apr 24 #25

Send the Pisswig , couchf'r and e skum (N-ZA) dweller Apr 24 #4

... SheltieLover Apr 24 #13

❤️ littlemissmartypants Apr 25 #44

What could possibly go wrong? Shipwack Apr 24 #5

I'm sure we can invent a space-based vacuum cleaner to collect all these particles ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 24 #12

Yeah, if only there were some kind of protective layer around the Earth, maybe made of ozone... forgotmylogin Apr 25 #40

Or pre-apocalyptic. RandomNumbers Apr 25 #62

1816 - The Year Without Summer speak easy Apr 24 #8

Once you start spraying the stratosphere you can never cease SamuelTheThird Apr 24 #16

Well, you can but you remove the protection. Igel Apr 24 #26

They've covered this in sci fi movies iemanja Apr 24 #17

What could possibly go wrong? Grumpy Old Guy Apr 24 #18

I'm sure that this will work perfectly with no unforeseen consequences. Orrex Apr 24 #20

Men that play god because they haven't trashed the planet enough. xuplate Apr 24 #21

How about putting less targets for the Sun's infrared rays to hit and heat up and then releasing that .. Botany Apr 24 #22

Great...what could,possibly go wrong?! PortTack Apr 24 #23

Who has the big bucks contract? cbabe Apr 24 #24

Somebody, please tell me that a full scale version of this wouldn't accidentally destroy the ozone layer. LudwigPastorius Apr 24 #28

"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!"-wisdom from an old margarine commercial Midnight Writer Apr 24 #30

B.S. If everyone switched to a plant based diet we would reduce the poison that is killing us all Bread and Circuses Apr 24 #31

Then there would also be less soloar energy for photosynthesis AdamGG Apr 24 #33

I'm doing what I can. I have a Rivian and exceptionally efficient when driven carefully. truthisfreedom Apr 24 #34

The ending of the Dinosaurs series by Jim Henson. I couldn't find full episode, but it is worth viewing. LT Barclay Apr 25 #35

❤️ littlemissmartypants Apr 25 #45

We think this will work. patphil Apr 25 #36

To me, this means that those who fought tooth-and-nail to deny global warming, now believe it is a problem. C Moon Apr 25 #41

Project ULTRON - "I see a suit of armour around the world..." Layzeebeaver Apr 25 #42

Rather than remotely change our unsustainable economic systems to save the planet, let's spend money Karasu Apr 25 #43

Exactly. ... littlemissmartypants Apr 25 #46

And meanwhile, beg people to have MORE BABIES!!!! RandomNumbers Apr 25 #61

Eliminating commuting and curtailing jet travel would cut carbon emissions by between 25 to 40%. Hugin Apr 25 #47

there is a Simpsons clip for everything... Javaman Apr 25 #48

Are we sure the trump boys aren't involved in this? Paladin Apr 25 #49

instead of tackling the problem Conjuay Apr 25 #50

Couldn't we just put tarriffs on sun light. twodogsbarking Apr 25 #51

England doesn't get much sun anyway orangecrush Apr 25 #53

What could possibly go wrong? orangecrush Apr 25 #52

This is the exact plot line to the movie Snowpiercer Bristlecone Apr 25 #54

The aerosol idea simply is stupid -misanthroptimist Apr 25 #55

I am very skeptical of techno-fixes like this where unintended consequences have not been thoroughly vetted. Martin68 Apr 25 #57

I keep thinking this is an April Fools joke. Dyedinthewoolliberal Apr 25 #60

Reflecting sunlight won't do anything positive Nigrum Cattus Apr 25 #63