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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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Researchers quietly planned a test to dim sunlight. They wanted to ‘avoid scaring’ the public. (www.politico.com)
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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You do not understand this problem.

Sending energy to space, as light, is your proposed solution. What do you think clouds do?

Exactly how much paint do you imagine is necessary, versus cloud formations that are visible from the moon?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Cloud transformation is just that. When you doing it you mess with cloud formation at other places and times and you have to keep on sending up planes to do it. It can't do what you think it can do.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Cloud seeding is a different thing. This is about adding humidity to the air, from sea level.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That was a future thing they wanted to do the first part is talking about seeding. Increasing humidity is not something you want eiher. Wet bulb will be bad enough.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

They sprayed from the ocean, on a boat.

Even then: 'They were only planning it in the future.' Yeah, man. That's when plans happen.

Even then: you think more clouds here means means fewer clouds elsewhere... but this can alter humidity, globally?

Even then: do you understand wet-bulb temperature is also about temperature?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

humidity is global. Its part of the cycle. Its like thinking you can burn fossil fuel i the ocean and it would not effect other areas or it happening in one country not effecting another. Its essentially accelerating the cycle as the heated earth will increase humidity. Its like trying to get out a hole by digging deeper.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 18 hours ago

You're just shuffling cards. You don't even understand there's an argument happening.