Oh boy, UK now wants to try and block the sun ...

[Shadows From Hell]

Somebody just shoot me now...

Experiments to dim the sun set to be approved within weeks

The government is set to give the go-ahead within weeks for scientists to experiment whether the sun could be dimmed to combat global warming.

www.lbc.co.uk

 

[lamy's sacred sleep]

can't wait for the eternal winter!

 

[Namelesa]

what?????? it sounds the most crazy idea to combat global warming ever??? is this real life???

 

[Shadows From Hell]

what?????? it sounds the most crazy idea to combat global warming ever??? is this real life???

It's crazy. Now they are starting to think they can flip a switch and the sun turns off.

Just when I thought people couldn't get any dumber...

 

[Darkover]

You're referring to Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) — a form of solar geoengineering or solar radiation management (SRM). The basic idea is to mimic the cooling effects of volcanic eruptions, which release sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere and form reflective sulfate aerosols. These particles scatter sunlight, reducing the amount of solar energy reaching Earth's surface and temporarily cooling the planet.

Mount Pinatubo's eruption in 1991 released ~20 million tons of sulfur dioxide and cooled global temperatures by about 0.5°C for over a year.

• Spread globally within weeks
• Cooled Earth by ~0.5°C (~0.9°F) for 1–2 years
• Temporarily thinned the ozone layer

Imagine 8 million Olympic-sized swimming pools (each holds ~2,500,000 liters) filled with sulfur dioxide gas under standard conditions.

Or think of it as:

The equivalent mass of over 3 million adult African elephants

Nearly the entire annual global sulfur dioxide emissions from human activity in some years (which range from ~50–100 million tons globally

Depending on aircraft size, you'd need:

• 100,000 to 1,000,000 flights per year
• Or ~275 to 2,740 flights per day

 

[Shadows From Hell]

Mount Pinatubo's eruption in 1991 released ~20 million tons of sulfur dioxide and cooled global temperatures by about 0.5°C for over a year.

• Spread globally within weeks
• Cooled Earth by ~0.5°C (~0.9°F) for 1–2 years
• Temporarily thinned the ozone layer

Imagine 8 million Olympic-sized swimming pools (each holds ~2,500,000 liters) filled with sulfur dioxide gas under standard conditions.

Or think of it as:

The equivalent mass of over 3 million adult African elephants

Nearly the entire annual global sulfur dioxide emissions from human activity in some years (which range from ~50–100 million tons globally

So basically, we need more volcanoes to erupt to cool the earth. Sounds safer than their plan.

 

[getoutgirl]

dang, if there only was nother way around that... oh well

 

[SVEN]

what?????? it sounds the most crazy idea to combat global warming ever??? is this real life???

It's real life in our crazy, uber woke, politically correct Britain with our present deranged government who'd sooner import oil and LPG than use our own. And pay windfarms and made in China solar panels not to produce electricity because our grid can't cope.
Welcome to through the Looking Glass.

 

[meowmentous]

So basically, we need more volcanoes to erupt to cool the earth. Sounds safer than their plan.

Yeah, theoretically yes! The year without a summer in 1816 was caused due to the eruption of Mount Tambora. Hell, maybe they can crash an asteroid into the earth like what happened with Chicxulub 66 million years ago, aka the main theory of what the major dinosaur killer was! Just have it kick up all that dirt and debris and that should do the trick!

 

[22yearsbroken]

 

[Forever Sleep]

Anyone seen Snowpiercer?

 

[Brainless]

White House cautiously opens the door to study blocking sun’s rays to slow global warming

A Biden administration report required by Congress outlines research options for a last-ditch effort to slow the heating of the planet. But the White House says it's not changing its climate strategy.

www.politico.com

this has been planned in us for a while but i have no clues what the end goal of something like this would be

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

At first I thought "No way, this is clickbait, obviously they're trying to block the tabloid "The Sun" which is one of the most lowest grade shit you can get in UK", and then I realized it's the actual Sun!

I'd rather have the tabloid gone, thanks! For the actual Sun, see "Why infinite growth isn't a good thing" by me in the future probably.

 

[Pluto]

 

[matchalavendercake]

what the...

 

[The Actual Devil]

Fun sun fact! I've heard people say things like, "...when the sun explodes/dies..."
But the sun isn't going anywhere! It will turn into a Red Giant and eventually shed its outer layers, which will form nebulae, while at the center remains a white dwarf. As it runs out of energy, it will turn into a black dwarf, and then, through quantum tunneling, it will turn into a giant ball of iron. This will take about 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 years.
Unless protons decay, it will last forever.
And because the sun will swallow the Earth during the red giant phase, we get to be a part of this!
The sun laughs with us at our governments' attempts to block it out.

 

[SVEN]

Our hard left government are so economically illiterate they'll still be buying solar panels from China and shipping them across half the world to "save the planet" whilst at the same time take control of restricting the sun. Their next step will be to make you pay for a sunbather's Licence if you want to be outside when they allow it to shine.

 

[StupidCat]

50M pounds to research something that stupid.
I hate anglos so much it's unreal.

 

[Redleaf1992]

Like it or not climate change is real, and the next generation is fucked unless we do somthing.

The idea may sound crazy, but but unless you're a scientist in the relevant field I don't think we can call the actual scientists stupid - I'm sure they know more than us.

I'm all for trying whatever it takes so that the next generation doesn't get screwed over by us.

 

[bankai]

My sun!!!noooo!not my sun!

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

Like it or not climate change is real, and the next generation is fucked unless we do somthing.

The idea may sound crazy, but but unless you're a scientist in the relevant field I don't think we can call the actual scientists stupid - I'm sure they know more than us.

I'm all for trying whatever it takes so that the next generation doesn't get screwed over by us.

The Oil business is always trying to "solve" problems that don't require not using fossil fuel anymore. They fund the scientists to tell the world they're right. I'm not saying there isn't good scientists, but there are a lot on their pockets. And I'm sure this block the sun is another "We don't want to stop ruining the planet" research from them.

You know that pollution will still increase. What will they think then? Gas masks? Selling freaking oxygen?
Here's some good resources: rationalwiki.org/wiki/Climate_change

 

[leloyon]

Governments would rather block the sun than get rid of fossil fuels.
That being said, I hate bright sunlight, so doesn't matter to me either way, I just like being able to clown on this cuz this is literally straight out of The Simpsons.

They fund the scientists to tell the world they're right.

THIS. THIS. I WILL BEAT EVERYONE OVER THE HEAD WHILE YELLING THIS UNTIL THEY UNDERSTAND IT.

Fun sun fact! I've heard people say things like, "...when the sun explodes/dies..."
But the sun isn't going anywhere! It will turn into a Red Giant and eventually shed its outer layers, which will form nebulae, while at the center remains a white dwarf. As it runs out of energy, it will turn into a black dwarf, and then, through quantum tunneling, it will turn into a giant ball of iron. This will take about 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 years.
Unless protons decay, it will last forever.
And because the sun will swallow the Earth during the red giant phase, we get to be a part of this!
The sun laughs with us at our governments' attempts to block it out.

Stupid, there is no sun. The government stuck a giant LED in the sky to burn your retinas because you deserve it.

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

Then again, quoting 4chan you either get the crazy, the stupid, or both. Usually both.

 

[The Actual Devil]

Governments would rather block the sun than get rid of fossil fuels.
That being said, I hate bright sunlight, so doesn't matter to me either way, I just like being able to clown on this cuz this is literally straight out of The Simpsons.

THIS. THIS. I WILL BEAT EVERYONE OVER THE HEAD WHILE YELLING THIS UNTIL THEY UNDERSTAND IT.

Stupid, there is no sun. The government stuck a giant LED in the sky to burn your retinas because you deserve it.
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PFT! You think EYES are real!? You're not fooling me, glowie!

 

[leloyon]

PFT! You think EYES are real!? You're not fooling me, glowie!

Your "eyes" are actually cameras connected to the directional radio antenna loop connected to your Frankenstein radio controls. Your real eyes, as well as your real brain, are in brain banks on the dark side of the moon, taken from you at birth. Don't let sneak deadly scum-on-top hangman rope gangsters fool you. Do you know one word of pray for me, FOR YOUR ONLY HOPE FOR A FUTURE?
t. Mr. Dec Esq., lifelong would-be-doctor and printer.

 

[The Actual Devil]

Your "eyes" are actually cameras connected to the directional radio antenna loop connected to your Frankenstein radio controls. Your real eyes, as well as your real brain, are in brain banks on the dark side of the moon, taken from you at birth. Don't let sneak deadly scum-on-top hangman rope gangsters fool you. Do you know one word of pray for me, FOR YOUR ONLY HOPE FOR A FUTURE?
t. Mr. Dec Esq., lifelong would-be-doctor and printer.

YOU THINK THE MOON IS REAL!? I would tell you to open your """"'eyes'"""", but that's just what you'd WANT me to say! And birthed!? There is no 'was' or 'will be', there is only 'am'! Not 'fm': that's where they want you to listen. N0. I hear only the noise between stations. That's where the word of prey is: OOOOOOOO-WOOOOOOOO!!!!
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