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Turns out all we may need to stop climate change is 139 billion gallons of super-duper white paint (www.businessinsider.com)

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Turns out all we may need to stop climate change is 139 billion gallons of super-duper white paint::According to one professor, we may be able to stop climate change if we used a new super white paint to cover the entire United States

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[-] Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

Yes, any high-tech barely tested solution rather than change our life-destroying habits please!

[-] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

As far as untested tech solutions to climate change go, I'll gladly take artificial albedo over the "let's blot out the sun" that they've been floating the last few years.

[-] Peanutbjelly@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i mean, what's a more realistic solution? a small group that finds a high-tech development which can help us, or getting the majority of humanity to cooperate on what should be an obvious and necessary goal?

my bet's on the tech, at least with A.I. assisted research.

something has eroded my optimism towards the reliable and cooperative nature of our species. if we're putting our money on that, i consider us all doomed.

[-] Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I don't care about high tech solutions, because we already have the solutions.

transports: trains & cycles instead of Hyperloop or what not
Agriculture: biological agriculture combined with meat consumption reduction, instead of farming robots, lab grown meat and GMO crops ...

[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

We figured out high density housing that still maintains greenspace in the 60s and the first commercial nuclear reactors started taking off in the 70s. Since then the last 50 years have basically just been fucking around as far as the climate is concerned.

[-] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Not only that, actively damaging the cause by forbidding or fighting against the very things that would help us kickstart the cleanup and pave the way

[-] Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I don't care about high tech solutions, because we already have the solutions.

transports: trains & cycles instead of Hyperloop or what not
Agriculture: biological agriculture combined with meat consumption reduction, instead of farming robots, lab grown meat and GMO crops ...

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