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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by eloff on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:40AM (#34533069)
Sulfur dioxide is naturally occurring, released by volcanoes in massive amounts. In these kinds of qualities it’s pretty safe by comparison.

I think we’re being way too cautious when it comes to geoengineering, at a time when we should be aggressively testing hypotheses to get some actual options on the table.

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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by wolverine876 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @07:24PM (#34540851)
Arsenic, uranium, almost everything is naturally occurring. Forest fires and, as you note, volcanoes are naturally occurring. That doesn't make them safe.
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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by eloff on Friday January 27, 2023 @09:10AM (#34546194)
Being natural does not make it safe. It is however a common food additive, and we’re talking very small quantities here. It’s really not the “toxic chemicals” as claimed by the OP.
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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by dahart on Friday January 27, 2023 @08:15PM (#34554049)
FWIW, I was just quoting Wikipedia. Sulfur dioxide is a “toxic gas”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_dioxide
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