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by thefurdrake 1057 days ago
> [of sulfur-based radiation management] As of 2023, it is estimated that the cost of doing so would average out to a few billion dollars/euros per year.

This is in the range of "Possible for an eccentric billionare" to accomplish, right?

Or a single determined, mid-sized country?

... could it be scaled up and cool things down too far, say by an angry world leader?

I didn't realize the cost of it was only in the order of billions.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/30/radical-...

Dismissing SRM technology, Prof Joeri Rogelj of Imperial College, London, called it “irresponsible, dangerous and a threat to the manageability” of our survival, saying: “It is not a solution but an extremely dangerous band-aid that covers up the global warming problem without healing it, creating a false and unwarranted sense of climate safety while the core of the problem continues to fester.”

This doesn't address anything I said.
You're right :)