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Liberals latest plot: Blocking out the sun

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by rivergator, Jul 2, 2023.

  1. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    It was really just a matter of time before they took this route. Thank God we've got a news organization to give this huge story the attention it deserves!

    White House report signals openness to manipulating sunlight to prevent climate change
     
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  2. pkaib01

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    Why o' why, dear moderator, would you start a thread on Too Hot that involves science and the government? :p

    "viruses the sun doesn't exist" comments to start in 3, 2, 1...
     
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  3. tampagtr

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    Highly, highly risky, but maybe less risky than not trying some geoengineering

     
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  4. pkaib01

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    I think the key point is the government is studying it, not implementing it. Some on this thread will undoubtedly confuse the two.

    The law of unintended consequences weighs heavily on this approach to mitigating rising temperatures. The earth does love its ice ages.
     
  5. GatorFanCF

    GatorFanCF Premium Member

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    Reminds me of the old "Polack" joke (insert any group you want to offend here):

    The Americans went to the moon - that's NOTHING!
    We are going to go to the sun!

    Won't you burn up in going?

    Hah! Idiot! We'll go at night!
     
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  6. homer

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    Since the earthy is flat wouldn’t it be easier to turn it upside down an hour a day? Or for whatever time is needed to cool it down.
     
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  7. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    Good God! Everyone would fall off. Think man, think!
     
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    Seems like pollution would take care of that. Burn more coal!
     
  9. homer

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    oh shit!!!!

    nevermind
     
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  10. tampagtr

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    Blaire Erskine in a parody of Kandiss Taylor, who is real and was a candidate for Georgia governor

     
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  11. slocala

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    Science seems interesting, but sounds like a bad idea with no control. It can be done unilaterally by zealots. Sounds like a WME (weapon of mass extinction). I suspect the “study” is really to determine how hard is this to do, and which countries have the capabilities to launch a particle blocker into the atmosphere.. This study is not being done for benevolent purposes.
     
  12. GratefulGator

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    Yet another instance where The Simpsons have predicted the future:
     
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  13. l_boy

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    Finally somebody taking common sense in here. ‘Bout time.
     
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  14. l_boy

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    Gravity dude. Don’t be so stupid!
     
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  15. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    Hah! You believe in that gravity hoax?
     
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  17. mrhansduck

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    Could we put a tactical nuke inside an active volcano and let the ash do the work?
     
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  18. obgator

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    Been there, done that
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  19. Sohogator

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    This was actually a plot point for one of the episodes of Extrapolations series on Apple TV (not bad)