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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 20 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

That's not how weather works you moron.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago

More interestingly, if he truly announced that idea, he'd have to be admitting climate change is real in the first place.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

psst.. "climate"... and pray tell, which energy source do you think powers the atmosphere to exhibit weather or climate?

Geothermal? Tidal? Nuclear isotope decay in the core?

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Also, the sun.

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Technically, physics does allow a satellite-based method to deal with climate change. Economics, on the other hand, does not. You would need to chuck an unfathomable amount of mass into orbit.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Yeah, that's why. He must have some weird misunderstanding to think it's actually doable.

[–] shane@feddit.nl 1 points 1 hour ago

Do you though? I mean, a satellite orbiting the sun between the earth and the sun could cast a large shadow, right?