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In Silicon Valley, a Rogue Plan to Alter the Climate | Some restless entrepreneurs are releasing pollutants in the sky to try to cool the planet. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Animated by the “move fast and break things” credo that permeates Silicon Valley, the founders of Make Sunsets have no such concerns. They are selling “cooling credits” to customers who want to offset their personal carbon emissions. And a few times each month, after selling enough credits, they head for the hills and release balloons full of sulfur dioxide into the California sky.

“This is the one tool realistically that can cool Earth in our lifetime,” said Mr. Iseman. “Every day we’re not doing this leads to needless harm.”

Sikina Jinnah, a professor of environmental studies at the University of California Santa Cruz who has studied geoengineering, is also concerned about harm. “They are a couple of tech bros who have no expertise in doing what they’re claiming to do,” she said. “They’re not scientists and they’re making claims about cooling credits that nobody has validated.”

Yeah....Gotta admit I didn't have a lot of confidence in the idea when I first started reading the article. Then I read this part and my confidence went from low to zero.

[–] spankmonkey 19 points 1 month ago

Silicon Valley, where scams go to get funded.

[–] fishos 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, this is a giant scam. The whole "we're stealth" and "we look just like a regular RV" are key giveaways. If what they were doing was 100% legal and above board, they wouldn't be doing it this way.