Question for any Scifags out there… So we're talking openly about geoengineering by using aircraft to spray aerosols into the stratosphere… but if we're so worried about climate change, why do it that way when we can set up a space sunshade at L1 to do the same thing, but without having to pollute the atmosphere with sulfur dioxide, alumina, or calcium carbonate?

If we're clever about our design, we might be able to set things up at L1 to bounce in more actual light that would normally miss us (for more efficient solar power and photosynthesis), while screening out the IR portion of the spectrum so we're not adding any more heat to the system. Or if we start having an ice age, we can take away the IR filters and warm things up intentionally to keep things comfortable.

After all, isn't it our duty as the only sentient species on the planet to be its stewards?

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-27/scientists-plan-geoengineer-planet-earth-save-us-global-warming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_sunshade

>>5427371

Yeah I know, the environmentalists act like a religious cult, not scientific at all. They want us to repent for the original sin of being born human, requiring space on the planet, food and water etc. I swear if they got their way, they'd have us living in cold mud huts starving, trying to eat food that tastes like wet cardboard and shame.

>>5427526

I share your concerns re: the cabal using it for nefarious purposes if we did it now without taking them down first. Really I think we should test the tech trying to geoengineer Venus first, cool it down to a more manageable temperature, and there's no humans there to fry or freeze… not yet, anyway. I just think it'd be smarter to try to control temperatures here with mirrors in space vs. spraying around a bunch of aluminum particles, I hear that stuff has nasty effects on critters (like us).

Asteroids are another big one… but I actually consider those to be as much opportunities as dangers? Could make some badass space stations out of them if we captured them and moved them to where we want vs. waiting for one to clip us. Maybe if they're made of the right stuff, mine them for material to make an orbital ring, bring down the cost of space launches and make it possible to rapidly send ships to other planets in the solar system?

>>5427663

Amen, brother - that catch and release shit bothers me no end. Can we maybe at least put some ankle monitors on these little fishes before we drop 'em back in the stream? Pretty sure there's already severe penalties on the books for tampering with those.