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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 year ago

In general, this kind of thing has big issues at aren't really resolved

  • You need to continue doing it for longer than civilizations last. People don't really have a good track record of that kind of thing.
  • We end up with a smaller pole-to-equator temperature gradient, with real impacts on weather
  • These changes can alter rainfall patterns in ways that might cause significant food supply issues in some countries. This creates a governance problem. (eg: should China nuke India if the changes needed to prevent lethal heatwaves in India result in famine in China)
  • It does nothing about ocean acidification, so we still end up losing a big chunk of marine ecosystems
  • Addressing climate change this way means we don't get any of the co-benefits of reduced air pollution we would otherwise get from phasing out fossil fuels
  • Probably other stuff we don't know about because it's not well studied
[-] blindsight@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I was surprised acid rain wasn't mentioned in the article, too. Isn't atmospheric sulfuric acid one of the causes of acid rain?

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

It is, but there are options for chemicals which don't use SO2

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