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by andyjsong 1268 days ago
>I wonder how much funding something like that would have gotten without the founder's connections to YC.

Probably $0 if you didn't have his background. 100% he got funding because he went through YC twice and was the Director of HW, but we welcome competition. I'm sure a VC out there will fund a startup that can scrub SO2 in the stratosphere to negate our efforts.
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hef19898 1268 days ago
Well, considering how much effort it took to get sulfur, and sulfur oxides, filtered out from industrial emissions to eliminate acid rain... I think you should re-evaluate your approach. Unless the goal is just VC money and sending homeopathic doses of sulfur in un-tracked balloons into the air. In which case, good luck, I guess...
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eternalban 1267 days ago
> I'm sure a VC out there will fund a startup that can scrub SO2 in the stratosphere to negate our efforts.

Why wait young man. You guys should do it and run both outfits. You already give off serious SBF vibes, so go all the way, and congrats on being the first to float an environmental scam.

Btw, when do you think we will have the first "environmental terrorism" charges filed?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/ADX_pris...

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