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

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The White House offered measured support for the idea of studying how to block sunlight from hitting Earth’s surface as a way to limit global warming, in a congressionally mandated report that could help bring efforts once confined to science fiction into the realm of legitimate debate.

 

The controversial concept known as solar radiation modification is a potentially effective response to fighting climate change, but one that could have unknown side effects stemming from altering the chemical makeup of the atmosphere, some scientists say.

 

The White House report released late Friday indicates that the Biden administration is open to studying the possibility that altering sunlight might quickly cool the planet.

 

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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/01/white-house-cautiously-opens-door-to-study-blocking-suns-rays-to-slow-global-warming-ee-00104513

 

[liddelljohn]

Spray the planet white  and put mirrors in space to reflect sunlight

[Yellowtail]

Hmmm, I see a lot of Silicone Valley contracts coming....

[BritManToo]

I'd like to suggest they call it .......  Operation Dark Storm!

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_Dark_Storm

 

"During the early years of humanity's war against the Machines, the leaders of the United Nations found themselves desperately trying to halt the advancement of 01's armies, who were relentlessly advancing and overrunning various nations in Africa and Eurasia.

When the war began sometime after 2139 (approximated based on the end of the Second Renaissance), the Machines were steadily winning against humans. Looking for any way to slow their advance, scientists devised the plan to block the sun's rays from the surface of Earth using nanites sprayed into the upper atmosphere in the hopes of cutting the Machines off from their primary power source.

This "final solution" was code-named Operation Dark Storm."

[KhunLA]

Can it get any sillier ...

... new 'sun tax' to follow in the future.

 

Making the world a better, safer place. 

 

Shading the planet will surely be studied and deemed 'safe & effective' 

 

Release of the study in 75 years ... ????

[Jingthing]

I fully support efforts to research such options.

[onthedarkside]

Reminder, the Green Forum is not a place for politics, any discussions hijacking the thread with this will be removed.

[StayinThailand2much]

Yeah, great idea. What could possibly go wrong...

[JeffersLos]

If it cools my house in Thailand by 10 degrees I'm all for it. 

[Jenkins9039]

Wasn't there a tv series for something like this where they all live on a train circulating the world?

[Yellowtail]

14 minutes ago, Jenkins9039 said:

Wasn't there a tv series for something like this where they all live on a train circulating the world?

That was real, big oil bought up all the patents and destroyed the research. 

[Jenkins9039]

2 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

That was real, big oil bought up all the patents and destroyed the research. 

real? -> any link?

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On 7/2/2023 at 3:33 PM, liddelljohn said:

Spray the planet white  and put mirrors in space to reflect sunlight

The World's Whitest Paint Is Also the Coolest
These white paints are so reflective that they can stop buildings and aircraft from absorbing heat.

In 2021, a team of engineers at Purdue University announced they had made the world’s whitest paint, which is able to reflect more than 98% of sunlight and greatly reduce the need for air conditioning in buildings.

https://gizmodo.com/whitest-paint-reflects-light-cools-buildings-nanotech-1850108248

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Off topic posts removed, with one having a misleading link.

 

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[Yellowtail]

11 hours ago, Jenkins9039 said:

real? -> any link?

Seriously? 

[thaibeachlovers]

On 7/14/2023 at 12:19 AM, Jenkins9039 said:

Wasn't there a tv series for something like this where they all live on a train circulating the world?

I remember the MOVIE, but not the name of it.

 

Such as referenced in the OP isn't new at all. There was a scheme many years ago that was thankfully dropped.