Stardust Solutions says its tiny spheres can reflect the sun’s rays without harming people or the environment. Critics say private companies have no business altering Earth’s atmosphere.
Pretty much anything but discussing the real need to end fossil fuels
Every decade we can delay climate change takes immense pressure off ecosystems and human migration pressures, giving them time to adapt more gradually. If this could work safely and didn’t take money and effort away from CO2 reduction, then it would be good even if it eventually comes to an end.
That said, the “if” is false. Like plastic recycling, geoengineering is a way for people to accept pollution by pretending it’s preventable. The company in question isn’t selling a solution, they are selling a greenwashing ad campaign. And the NYT is already participating in the ad campaign by publishing the article.