Hundreds of documents show how researchers failed to notify officials in California about a test of technology to block the sun’s rays — while they planned a much huger sequel.
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No offense, but we aren’t “trying that already”. We have spent decades trying everything except that…and this is just the latest and most desperate attempt at not doing anything to actually address the root causes of climate change.
We would rather block out the Sun, than stop burning fossil fuels. It would not surprise me, at all, if it turned out that the fossil fuel industry was behind this whole idea. It sure would be convenient to kick the can down the road a little longer, so we can keep killing ourselves for profits that you and I will never share in.