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by rojcyk 1263 days ago
You should read up about how much of toxic chemicals get released into the atmosphere during new year celebrations.
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I think you're missing the point a little. Which is that for this to 'work' in any meaningful sense, it has to be scaled up to a planetary level of significant dispersion. This will almost certainly have consequences which we can't model, because of the scale. What does it mean to block out the sun across the whole planet? Photosynthesis on which we all rely to survive, needs sunlight. Even small changes can have dramatic effects on plant growth etc. It's a crazy idea, dreamed up by scientists who read too much science fiction.
Surely some volcanoes have ejected a fair amount of sulfur into the environment? How was the local weather affected by them?
Global weather has been impacted to such extents (resulting in multiple massive famines) that there's even a term for that - volcanic winter.
Surely you jest; Only Man could affect global weather!
If I remember correctly, there was a mini-ice aga in medieval times because of an erruption that was significant enough.
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo is often cited.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_eruption_of_Mount_Pinatub...

Ask the dinosaurs.