I follow this scientist on YouTube, he’s made a very interesting series of videos and is looking for a research grant, here is a lot more context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvxNmStSC3M

tl;dw

  1. We’ve been pumping a shitload of CO2 into the atmosphere for the last 100+ years

  2. It seems extremely unlikely that the global CO2 emissions will go down in the next ~50+ years

  3. Even if the whole world became Net-Zero tomorrow, The planet will keep warming because the extra CO2 already in the atmosphere will stay there for the next 100+ years

  4. Carbon capture is basically impossible due to economics

Now here comes the scary part that that you maybe need a open mind to consider a good idea.

By adding 3% “Baking Soda” to jet fuel, it would reflect heat away to counter global warming, and would drop out of the air in ~1 year, so we can stop at any time.

Before forming a strong opinion and just down-voting let’s have a constructive conversation in the comments. Even better, please watch the video

This seems like an actual viable option to buy us time to fix global warming, because what we’ve been trying hasn’t been working nearly fast enough.

  • Dookieman12@piefed.socialEnglish
    182·
    11 days ago

    So this is what it’s come to? Just ignore everything we know for sure will work because $$$ and hope some new invention will save us all?

    Humans don’t deserve this planet.

    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      82·
      11 days ago

      What do we know “Will work for sure” ?

      To my knowledge that does not exist, as in my post, even if we became Net-Zero tomorrow, we’re still Fucked. Carbon capture isn’t viable.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 days ago

      I agree with you but you have to take a look at what is realistically possible.

      • will we stop the accumulation of greenhouse gasses by legislating industrial manufacturing
      • we will collectively rise up and drag the offenders into the streets and disembowel them thus setting a historical precedent
      • we find an alternative that doesn’t include the first two options
    • Major_Tsiom@fedia.io
      21·
      11 days ago

      We are a pathogen. That is our function on Earth. It’s my belief that intelligence is a pathogen wherever it develops in the cosmos. The great filter, y’all…

      • Minnels@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        Intelligence in the same way we call LLMs AI?

        Feels like we were more intelligent we would work together to survive and have something beautiful together but instead it is just greed and fuck you all around.