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by wcoenen 1129 days ago
> hard to imagine a faster way to make Earth uninhabitable

Manufacturing lots of SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) might do the trick. 22800x more greenhouse potential than CO2 per unit mass.

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It's way more dense[0] than air, though, so not a lot of it reaches the upper atmosphere. I don't think it's 22800x more effective when produced at ground level.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u19QfJWI1oQ

That's why we're aiming for in-orbit manufacturing, isn't it?