Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering

Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by kragen on Thursday January 26, 2023 @11:50AM (#34534296)

presumably the point at which it's potentially dangerous is the point at which governments have a plausible justification to start getting involved, not when you're doing safe experiments to find out whether the potentially dangerous thing has potential benefits that might justify riskier experiments

also sulfite isn't within the usual meaning of 'toxic chemical', it's a common antioxidant food additive, although like acetic acid it's corrosive enough to have killed people in high concentrations

the last time I inhaled a bunch of it, it was not an enjoyable experience

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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by wolverine876 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @07:25PM (#34540865)

> presumably the point at which it's potentially dangerous is the point at which governments have a plausible justification to start getting involved

Who decides where that point is? Some people with money or the people of Mexico?

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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by kragen on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:14PM (#34548641)

I think the difficulty in this conversation is that I believe that objective reality exists, and you believe that it does not, so questions like this are just a matter of social consensus. Given this fundamental disagreement, there is no possibility of finding common ground, so continuing the conversation would be pointless.

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