Post by @sundogplanets@mastodon.social

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social 8 months ago

Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414

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Kobold

@kobold@social.troll.academy 8 months ago

@sundogplanets Could I get my earth suit first, please?

Butch Henderson :ani_clubtwit:

@ButchH11@twit.social 8 months ago

@sundogplanets I hope the ants don't get my air conditioning... 🐜

EarthMomma

@LaNaehForaday@universeodon.com 8 months ago

@sundogplanets

Yet we cant seem to get going with this.

https://www.gblsim.com/cooling-ultra-white-paint/

White paint has been used for decades to reduce the sun's heat that rooftops absorb, thereby
keeping the building cooler than it would be if painted in a dark color. However, a new ultra-
white paint shows evidence of cooling buildings. In fact, the roof's surface temperature is
lower than the air temperature immediately surrounding the roof.

The cooling is made possible because the new ultra-white paint reflects 98% of the sun's rays
plus sends infrared heat away from the surface. As proof, according to their research, tests
conducted during sunny, midday hours on the roof of a campus building in West Lafayette,
Indiana, the paint kept outdoor surfaces 8 degrees cooler than the surrounding ambient
temperatures. At night, the paint kept surfaces 19 degrees cooler than their surroundings.

Currently, there are white paints on the market made with titanium dioxide, which reflects
specific wavelengths of sunlight. But, they absorb the sun's ultraviolet rays, causing the painted
surface to heat up.
The new paint is made with barium sulfate, a known UV-reflecting compound used in
cosmetics, reflective photo paper, oil paints, x-ray examinations, etc. The barium sulfate
particles in the paint vary in size, making the sun's rays "scatter," explains Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue
mechanical engineering professor. — White paint has been used for decades to reduce the sun's heat that rooftops absorb, thereby keeping the building cooler than it would be if painted in a dark color. However, a new ultra- white paint shows evidence of cooling buildings. In fact, the roof's surface temperature is lower than the air temperature immediately surrounding the roof. The cooling is made possible because the new ultra-white paint reflects 98% of the sun's rays plus sends infrared heat away from the surface. As proof, according to their research, tests conducted during sunny, midday hours on the roof of a campus building in West Lafayette, Indiana, the paint kept outdoor surfaces 8 degrees cooler than the surrounding ambient temperatures. At night, the paint kept surfaces 19 degrees cooler than their surroundings. Currently, there are white paints on the market made with titanium dioxide, which reflects specific wavelengths of sunlight. But, they absorb the sun's ultraviolet rays, causing the painted surface to heat up. The new paint is made with barium sulfate, a known UV-reflecting compound used in cosmetics, reflective photo paper, oil paints, x-ray examinations, etc. The barium sulfate particles in the paint vary in size, making the sun's rays "scatter," explains Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue mechanical engineering professor.

Lucas C. Wheeler

@lcwheeler@ecoevo.social 8 months ago

@sundogplanets

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary take

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus — Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary take Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

Lucas C. Wheeler

@lcwheeler@ecoevo.social 8 months ago

@sundogplanets JFC

Wokebloke for Democracy

@dougiec3@libretooth.gr 8 months ago

@sundogplanets
Uh-oh! I hope it's at least funny as he usually is.

spara

@spara@mastodon.social 8 months ago

@sundogplanets Would you be interested in investing in my luxury train that goes non-stop around the world during the coming ice age?

leftofcentre

@leftofcentre@mastodon.social 8 months ago

@sundogplanets the genocidal duo doing genocidal shit

Toni Aittoniemi

@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 8 months ago

@sundogplanets Spraying the atmosphere with weird shit. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO FUCKING WRONG?!

Hans-Cees 🌳🌳🤢🦋🐈🐈🍋🍋🐝🐜

@hanscees@ieji.de 8 months ago

@sundogplanets @oldguycrusty 20 billion per year seems belony to me.

Nobody really wants #sai but when impact #climatechange becomes devastating it might become our last resort. My blog describes how SAI can cool the earth in 2 years and keep temperature steady even if CO2 keeps rising. We still need to slash CO2, but slower and avoiding collapse
Risks are big, but I have summed them up realistically without all the doom and gloom.
Its last resort time

Please read before you disagree
And sorry, its very long and thorough

https://econrevolt.com/posts/2023/10/stratinj2/

Hans-Cees 🌳🌳🤢🦋🐈🐈🍋🍋🐝🐜

@hanscees@ieji.de 8 months ago

@sundogplanets @oldguycrusty wrote this in 2023. Now it's 2025 and I am not surprised with all the #billionaire money on earth a private company wants profit. But there is really not much to earn, that's what seems wrong with the politico reporting

eternalyperplxed

@eternalyperplxed@infosec.exchange 8 months ago

@sundogplanets Isn't this also similar to Snowpiercer? Do not want...

eternalyperplxed

@eternalyperplxed@infosec.exchange 8 months ago

@sundogplanets Isn't this also similar to Snowpiercer? Do not want...

Ricardo Harvin

@ricardoharvin@mstdn.social 8 months ago

@sundogplanets Well, fuck 😑

Kate Bowles

@kate@aus.social 8 months ago

@sundogplanets @markhurst

This calculation is so familiar: acknowledge but immediately brush off the prospect of harm to some, outweighed by the benefit to others.

“There would be some winners and some losers. But in general, some amount of ... stratospheric aerosol injection would likely benefit a whole lot of people, probably most people”

~Tilde #Gartenzaun

@TildeGartenzaun@mastodon.social 8 months ago

@sundogplanets That's also the plot of the last episode of "Dinosaurs".