What could possibly go wrong?
MIT scientists think they’ve discovered how to fully reverse climate change
Scientists at MIT think they may have finally found a way to reverse climate change. Or, at the least, help ease it some.
The idea revolves heavily around the creation and deployment of several thin film-like silicon bubbles. The “space bubbles” as they refer to them, would be joined together like a raft. Once expanded in space it would be around the same size as Brazil. The bubbles would then provide an extra buffer against the harmful solar radiation that comes from the Sun.
The goal with these new “space bubbles” would be to ease up or even reverse climate change. The Earth has seen rising temperatures over the past several centuries. In fact, NASA previously released a gif detailing how the global temperature has changed over the years. Now, we’re seeing massive “mouths to hell” opening in the permafrost.
Wait, go back a second: if the solar radiation (which is necessary for life on Earth, to a degree) is coming from the Sun, doesn’t that mean the main driver is nature, not Mankind? Certainly, there couldn’t have been enough “carbon pollution” back in the 1880’s, nor industrialization to make much of a change.
Researchers at MIT have taken that same basic concept and improved it, though, by changing out inflatable silicon bubbles for the spacecraft that Angel originally proposed. Being able to reverse climate change would be a huge step in the right direction. Shielding the Earth from the Sun’s radiation would only be one part of it, though. We’d still need to cut down on other things, too.
I can see this going horribly wrong. It’s really just a pie in the sky plan that has zero chance of being implemented, at least not for centuries, at which point the Earth will be back to a Holocene cooling period anyhow. The bigger point is, again, the big nuclear furnace the Earth revolves around, which has always been a primary driver of the climate.
the same science that tells us you change your gender every other day? masks work? take the vaccine?
I can see this going horribly wrong. It’s really just a pie in the sky plan that has zero chance of being implemented,
Doesn’t matter. They still got paid. All that climate study money has to go somewhere. There isn’t room in biden’s pockets for all of it
Teach: if the solar radiation (which is necessary for life on Earth, to a degree) is coming from the Sun, doesn’t that mean the main driver is nature, not Mankind
We hope Teach is intentionally misleading his hapless readers rather than believing what he’s typing. That is, Teach is more dishonest than ignorant.
Ignoring for a moment whether reducing the Sun’s energy reaching Earth is a good or bad idea, note that the CHANGE in the Earth’s temperature is NOT related to a CHANGE in the Sun, but in a CHANGE in heat leaving Earth (you know, the whole CO2 thingy). CHANGES in the Sun’s energy input to Earth is NOT responsible for global warming.
Also, tRump lost the 2020 election.
“Let’s Go Brandon!” is code for, “My nephew Cletus is also my little brother!”
Not by any means true, J. But those that read here already knew that… https://phzoe.com/2021/02/12/effect-of-clouds-on-global-upwelling-radiation/
“Changes in the sun is not responsible…” Wherever did you get that idea? https://phzoe.com/2022/06/24/7-decades-of-net-solar-radiation/
Where has Zoe published her reports, Jill?
If unpublished, why? She has overturned the Theory of AGW!!
Thanks.
Dear Elwood:
You need to learn to read. “The bubbles would then provide an extra buffer against the harmful solar radiation that COMES from the Sun.” (capital’s added)
You write: “….is NOT related to a CHANGE in the Sun, but in a CHANGE in heat leaving Earth (you know, the whole CO2 thingy)”
So you don’t understand, or you didn’t read. I opt for the former.
You also wrote: “……CHANGES in the Sun’s energy input to Earth is NOT responsible for global warming.”
Guess again. The sun’s output varies. It has things called sunspots known to effect communication by distorting the earth’s magnetic field and change the earth’s temperature by changing the number of cosmic rays that impact the earth and changing the cloud layer.
As for, “….the Sun’s energy input to Earth is NOT responsible for global warming….”
I guess you’ve never heard of the 4 seasons.
No charge for the education.
http://www.viewzone.com/magnetic.weather.html
Mr Lewis,
Thanks for the advice. I’ll read harder.
What don’t you understand? Changes in insolation aren’t significant enough to cause the current bout of rapid warming. That doesn’t mean that blocking sunlight won’t reduce the temperature.
The hypothesis surrounding the magnetic field of Earth, GCRs and clouds is not yet well supported by evidence.
You meant “affect” when you typed “effect”. No charge for the education.
Do you really think the changes in the Sun causes the four seasons? AND that trump won the election? AND a fertilized egg is a baby?
If the MIT scientists, such as they are, had simply spent all the time, effort and money wasted on this laughable boondoggle planting trees, they may have been able to claim to be part of the solution.
As it is they have only shown, once again, to those of us doing the actual work of the world, that academics should never be trusted with anything beyond theory.
If I was paying tuition at MIT for myself or offspring, I would be disgusted that my money had been pissed away on such a thing.