ICYMI: The Biden Admin is Spending $10 Billion on Researching How to “Dim the Sun” to Combat Climate Change

I know our government is infamous for spending our hard-earned tax dollars on dumb sh*t, but this seems like a stretch even for me…

Now, in case you were unaware like I was a few short minutes ago (and I wish I could go back)… billions of our tax dollars are being spent on researching… *checks notes*… methods to dim the sun.

Great.

From The Blaze:

In an effort to curb so-called global warming, the Biden administration is coordinating research into the feasibility and efficacy of blocking out the sun, at least partially.

On March 15, President Joe Biden signed Congress’ “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022” into law, providing funding for a five-year research plan to be coordinated by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OTSP).

The OTSP, whose deputy director for Climate and Environment was recently sanctioned by the National Academy of Sciences, will work in concert with relevant federal agencies on its “scientific assessment of solar and other rapid climate interventions in the context of near-term climate risks and hazards.”

According to the White House, the “report shall include: (1) the definition of goals in relevant areas of scientific research; (2) capabilities required to model, analyze, observe, and monitor atmospheric composition; (3) climate impacts and the Earth’s radiation budget; and (4) the coordination of Federal research and investments to deliver this assessment to manage near-term climate risk and research in climate intervention.”

Spraying sulfate aerosols and other reflective substances (e.g., calcium carbonate particles, aluminum dioxide, or diamonds) into the atmosphere, around 12-16 miles above the Earth, can accomplish what volcanic eruptions have otherwise achieved in the way of partially blocking sunlight and temporarily cooling global mean temperatures.

For instance, the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo reportedly brought down the global mean temperature by approximately 0.5 degrees for at least a year.

Sulfate aerosols may remain in the atmosphere for several days or, as indicated by Edward Parson, a professor of environmental law at UCLA’s law school, for several months.

Parson noted that the yearly cost of a program to cool the Earth by one degree would be approximately $10 billion. This estimate was corroborated by the Bill Gates-funded SG team at Harvard University.

SAI’s side effects may be myriad, granted any anthropogenic alteration to global or regional climate can impact environmental factors such as sea water temperature, precipitation patterns, ocean acidification, and sunlight intensity. Although temperature may come down as a result of SAI initiatives, the cost, extra to the estimated $10 billion a year, could be draughts, famines, and hurricanes.

I’m no scientist, but… this seems like a complete waste of time and money to me.

Anybody else?

Research is important, and I say that without a lick of my usual snark that you all adore me for.

But… is it so important that it’s worth $10 BILLION dollars PER YEAR? Just reading about what we would actually get out of this deal makes it sound equivalent to “winning” a 7-day cruise over the phone and willingly providing your SSN…

We’ll end up paying $10 billion/year to lower the temperature by a singular degree.

In addition to that, spraying this chemical cloud into space will most likely cause “hurricanes, droughts, and famines” (meaning, in all likelihood, there will be people who die as a result of this).

Yeah… sounds great…

Also… aren’t activists blaming climate change for the hurricanes, droughts, and famines that already exist?

So, we’re gonna create more of the same problems in an attempt to fix the bigger problem that’s supposedly causing the other problems that we already have?

Did that make sense to you? Ok. Good. Glad we cleared that up…