MIT scientists think they've discovered how to fully reverse climate change

[shelshaw]

“The idea revolves heavily around the creation and deployment of several thin film-like silicon bubbles. The “space bubbles” as they refer to them, would be joined together like a raft. Once expanded in space it would be around the same size as Brazil. The bubbles would then provide an extra buffer against the harmful solar radiation that comes from the Sun”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mit-scientists-think-ve-discovered-180800050.html

Maybe a little good news for a change

[WarGamer]

1. It's the population... it's the CO2.

Send half the world population "into the cornfield" and you'd be making a small dent.

[PufPuf23]

6. A "managed" reduction in population would be the best

thing humanity could do for Planet Earth, the human (and myriad other) species, and quality of existence for
humanity in general.

Most of the "solutions" I see proposed just dig our hole deeper.

Otherwise, human population will be reduced through war, disease, extinctions, etc.

[Xolodno]

16. Reduction in population is often associated with..

...a reduction in GDP. Capitalism strives on increased consumption.

Every basic econ text book will tell you in the first chapter and often in the first paragraph, "resources are scarce". And yet we have a predominant system that tries to maximize the use of those resources.

People wanted to dam Yosemite Valley, use geothermal factories in Yellowstone because just leaving nature alone was considered a waste of resources. Electric lighting became the impetus for people working longer hours as employers considered their workers duty to be more productive. No monetary value has been placed on not exploiting habitat, not using resources, having a content society, etc. Instead, get the biggest house, boat, RV, etc. And those who try to live minimalist, some communities try to outlaw it.

[NCjack]

18. An unmanaged reduction in population is likely. An expert estimated in May 2022 that

the globe had less than 10 weeks of wheat supply in storage.

[roamer65]

20. The unmanaged population reduction that is coming is WW3.

No food equals war.

[Mad_Machine76]

19. Maybe

Thanos was right?

[roamer65]

22. Or Richmond Valentine from "Kingsman".

[roamer65]

21. It's starting to remind me of the Star Trek episode with the overpopulated planet.

[CentralMass]

25. I remember that episode.

[Karadeniz]

2. Start testing !!!!

[BootinUp]

3. sounds like a space debris catcher, but innovative idea. nt

[Chainfire]

4. Lets just put a dimmer switch on the sun...

Or get rid of the politicians that are supporting fossil fuels at the cost of the environment.

[rsdsharp]

15. It'll be easy!

We’ll just attach the switch at night!

[Eugene]

5. This solution falls in the solar geoengineering category,

for with the risks and benefits have been long debated.

Reduced sunlight along with a strong warming greenhouse gas blanket is unexplored territory.

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. And yet, Yahoo! filed this under "entertainment".

Color me sceptical…

[Tree Lady]

8. I'm thinking what could go wrong

With this? Like turning the earth into a ice age.

[Celerity]

12. Boy Genius Report (BGR)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Genius_Report

Boy Genius Report (also referred to as BGR) is a technology-influenced website and covers topics ranging from consumer gadgets, to entertainment, gaming, and science. Founded in October 2006 by anonymous web personality Boy Genius (also referred to as BG/BGR), the site was previously based on offering the public an early look at upcoming mobile phones and devices before anyone else. On April 27, 2010, BGR was acquired by Penske Media Corporation.

[Mr.Bill]

14. Most of the "news" on Yahoo

should be filed under entertainment. That is exactly what they intend it to be.

[callous taoboy]

9. I, for one, welcome our new space bubble overlords.

[Lovie777]

10. Climate change is happening below the stratosphere ....

mankind is poisoning the atmosphere which is warming and melting both south and north poles. The UV rays in some portion may be somewhat altered but what about all the chemicals that flow in the air and are seeped in the ground and water.

[Kaleva]

11. MIT says this would be a last ditch effort if we are already past the point of no return

Click on the link in the Yahoo article.

[Silent3]

13. Whether it's this particular strategy or not...

...given the unimpressive international response to the urgency of climate change, I hold out more hope for geoengineering our way out of the mess that we're creating than by sufficiently curbing carbon emissions quickly enough.

[localroger]

17. While geoengineering is risky...

...at the rate we're going, we will reach a point where those risks are worth taking against the certainties of what is happening in the environment.

[Pobeka]

24. Read an article a couple of years ago about using sulfer (dioxide).

For about a billion dollars a year, you flight a plane at the right altitude and spread sulfer dioxide (I think it was that).

It reflects incoming solar.

They were very confident it would work because from the geologic ice record they know there was a vocanoe that spewed enourmous amounts of sulfer dioxide in to the atmosphere and it cooled the planet.

I think it's long past time to get that plane up in the air.

[48656c6c6f20]

23. I'm thinking a big bubble

Around the world. Once the humans are gone things should start getting better

[enough]

26. It takes 45 seconds to think of massive unintended consequences here.

[Ron Green]

27. The correct answer to these big problems continues to be

Economic De-Growth.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

28. This could work if each bubble contains a Republican.

[pecosbob]

29. The Russians messsed about with a similar project in the 1990s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_mirror_(climate_engineering)

[FreepFryer]

30. got a sunburn - but i wanna stay on the beach - so im gonna use a bandaid. no biggie (nt)