[Biosphere Collapse] 420 days of blazin' it

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Actuary X: Jul 20, 2007; Not really the best actuary in the world.

Cabbages and Kings posted:

Seems bad for control decks but good for Maverick which needs a shot in the arm anyway; Bant decks will have to gently caress with their mana a bit but will be fine, probably ditto Esper.

I think the upshot of an ice age termination event would be:
* no one plays Necropotence anymore in EDH/Timeless
* UWx control generally gets worse and midrange bant gets better
* Midrange selesnya decks that can benefit from more savannah get better
* Elves considers becoming a GWB deck again

I don't know what any of that means, like what do elves have to do with George Bush?

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# ? May 28, 2024 11:49

Scarabrae: Oct 7, 2002

post a pic of sinkhole

# ? Feb 29, 2024 16:24

Hubbert: Mar 25, 2007; At a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Scarabrae posted:

post a pic of sinkhole

# ? Feb 29, 2024 16:35

Karach: May 23, 2003; no war but class war

Microplastics posted:

*inhales deeply*

nnnnnnNNNNNEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRDDD

# ? Feb 29, 2024 16:39

DrHub: Jun 21, 2012

Last night we lost power because of strong wind in almost all of southern Québec. It was 14°c lol. Today its -14°c.

And we have one of the best electrical grid in the world. Lmao

# ? Feb 29, 2024 17:11

Dokapon Findom: Dec 5, 2022; But have you considered whether the child murdered by the driver of that truck was riding an oversized bike?!?! Children riding oversized bikes are the scourge of our roadways!!

500excf type r posted:

Burning all these fossil fuels really got us into some hot water

Let them burn freely and luxuriantly! Otherwise it might be cold one day

# ? Feb 29, 2024 17:17

Dokapon Findom: Dec 5, 2022; But have you considered whether the child murdered by the driver of that truck was riding an oversized bike?!?! Children riding oversized bikes are the scourge of our roadways!!

Cabbages and Kings posted:

Seems bad for control decks but good for Maverick which needs a shot in the arm anyway; Bant decks will have to gently caress with their mana a bit but will be fine, probably ditto Esper.

I think the upshot of an ice age termination event would be:
* no one plays Necropotence anymore in EDH/Timeless
* UWx control generally gets worse and midrange bant gets better
* Midrange selesnya decks that can benefit from more savannah get better
* Elves considers becoming a GWB deck again

Dual lands eh... I personally haven't mustered the will to buy more than my favorite (Tropical Island). Why are these cards so goddamned expensive?? :mad:

# ? Feb 29, 2024 17:19

Erghh: Sep 24, 2007; "Let him speak!"

wrap it up doomailures...o hey wai

quote:

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The study suggests this strategy could plausibly work after overcoming several technical barriers. Schwarz says that right now, "we don't have a plan or the technology to do this."
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Will it counteract the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2)?

"No," said Schwarz, adding that it would only cool the atmosphere one-seventieth as much as CO2 is warming it. It would only be "a very small shift in the other direction."

He said that CO2 remains a huge problem in Earth's atmosphere and that this method would only have a small impact compared with that of CO2.
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"I have to be very skeptical," said Kevin Trenberth, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. "Focusing on dehumidifying the stratosphere by itself makes no sense to me."

Michael Mann, a meteorologist at the University of Pennsylvania, said that "in this case, the authors concede a large number of caveats, one of the most critical being the potentially limited lifetime of the effect. Like many of the proposed inventions, it would have to be done regularly to keep up the offsetting cooling effect, and meanwhile the CO2 that is accumulating in the atmosphere is there for the long term."

# ? Feb 29, 2024 19:48

Scarabrae: Oct 7, 2002

they want to put a giant shopvac in orbit like spaceballs? thats the best we can think of?

# ? Feb 29, 2024 20:06

OIL PANIC: Dec 22, 2022; CAUTIONS
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worried about microplastics in your water? concerned that your child might have been replaced with a changeling?
the answer to both these problems is simple: boil your water in eggshells

# ? Feb 29, 2024 20:07

The Protagonist: Jun 29, 2009; The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

it's gonna be whiplash for everyone going immediately from 'climate change is a long term concern' to 'unhinged geoengineering boondoggle is set to start next week'

# ? Feb 29, 2024 20:26

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

What's everyone's favourite unhinged geoengineering boondoggle?

I like space mirrors for the :science:

factor but covering the oceans in white balls is definitely a top pick

# ? Feb 29, 2024 20:44

SixteenShells: Sep 30, 2021

Microplastics posted:

What's everyone's favourite unhinged geoengineering boondoggle?

I like space mirrors for the factor but covering the oceans in white balls is definitely a top pick

in high school I had an idea for a fleet of drones that would assemble in the path of a hurricane and block evaporation to starve it of moisture before it got too close to land. then i did the math on how much one drone might cost and how many i'd need

also it would be neat to put a constellation of inflatable fresnel lenses in orbit. distributed directed energy weapons!

# ? Feb 29, 2024 20:49

TeenageArchipelago: Jul 23, 2013

Microplastics posted:

What's everyone's favourite unhinged geoengineering boondoggle?

I like space mirrors for the factor but covering the oceans in white balls is definitely a top pick

Post username combo

Ocean balls would own though. Decades of "oh ocean plastic, great pacific garbage patch, this is awful" to "yeah we're using B*A*L*L*S" overnight

# ? Feb 29, 2024 20:49

Hubbert: Mar 25, 2007; At a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Microplastics posted:

What's everyone's favourite unhinged geoengineering boondoggle?

The industrial revolution.

# ? Feb 29, 2024 20:52

Colin Mockery: Jun 24, 2007; Rawr

Microplastics posted:

What's everyone's favourite unhinged geoengineering boondoggle?

I like space mirrors for the factor but covering the oceans in white balls is definitely a top pick

Personally, I like "mine all of the olivine in the world and scatter it across all the beaches in the world".

# ? Feb 29, 2024 20:52

RandomBlue: Dec 30, 2012; hay guys!; Biscuit Hider

filling the ocean with my balls

Microplastics posted:

What's everyone's favourite unhinged geoengineering boondoggle?

I like space mirrors for the factor but covering the oceans in white balls is definitely a top pick

nice username post combo

# ? Feb 29, 2024 20:53

Salt Fish: Sep 11, 2003; Cybernetic Crumb

AI will fix this somehow.

# ? Feb 29, 2024 20:59

mistermojo: Jul 3, 2004

unfortunately I have been born too late to live in the Gurren Lagann underground city

# ? Feb 29, 2024 21:00

Skaffen-Amtiskaw: Jun 24, 2023

SixteenShells posted:

in high school I had an idea for a fleet of drones that would assemble in the path of a hurricane and block evaporation to starve it of moisture before it got too close to land. then i did the math on how much one drone might cost and how many i'd need

also it would be neat to put a constellation of inflatable fresnel lenses in orbit. distributed directed energy weapons!

# ? Feb 29, 2024 21:14

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

What's that from? I could do with some cheesy sci fi to watch

# ? Feb 29, 2024 21:18

scary ghost dog: Aug 5, 2007

Microplastics posted:

What's everyone's favourite unhinged geoengineering boondoggle?

I like space mirrors for the factor but covering the oceans in white balls is definitely a top pick

# ? Feb 29, 2024 21:19

Oglethorpe: Aug 8, 2005

Microplastics posted:

What's that from? I could do with some cheesy sci fi to watch

quantum of solace or die another day possibly

scary ghost dog posted:

wandering earth 2 was pretty nifty

# ? Feb 29, 2024 21:20

Cabbages and VHS: Aug 25, 2004; Listen, I've been around a bit, you know, and I thought I'd seen some creepy things go on in the movie business, but I really have to say this is the most disgusting thing that's ever happened to me.

Dokapon Findom posted:

Dual lands eh... I personally haven't mustered the will to buy more than my favorite (Tropical Island). Why are these cards so goddamned expensive??

People were already crazy and then went crazier during the early pandemic

I sold basically every card I owned during the early pandemic and got twenty five thousand dollars

I don't have any more real duals but I have a perfectly acceptable, nice proxy vintage cube printed at a reasonable cost by our friends Chinese industry

E: added "early" to make it clear I do not think the pandemic is over, loooool

# ? Feb 29, 2024 21:22

Harold Fjord: Jan 3, 2004

Scarabrae posted:

post a pic of sinkhole

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# ? Feb 29, 2024 21:26

Skaffen-Amtiskaw: Jun 24, 2023

Microplastics posted:

What's that from? I could do with some cheesy sci fi to watch

It this.

# ? Feb 29, 2024 21:35

silicone thrills: Jan 9, 2008; I paint things

TeenageArchipelago posted:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/02/28/microplastics-drinking-water/

lmao

Wouldn't that just put the microplastics in the air for you to breath or is it sealing them to your pan?

# ? Feb 29, 2024 21:47

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

Twigand Berries posted:

The world�s largest ocean carbon dioxide removal facility is being built in Singapore! We�re going to be ok.

https://time.com/6836259/singapore-equatic-ocean-carbon-dioxide-removal-facility-largest/

when the ice melts there will be more ocean to hold more carbon anyway so who needs this?

# ? Feb 29, 2024 22:10

JAY ZERO SUM GAME: Oct 18, 2005; Walter.
I know you know how to do this.
Get up.

silicone thrills posted:

Wouldn't that just put the microplastics in the air for you to breath or is it sealing them to your pan?

the article says the researching believe minerals in water could "encase" the plastics

no word on what happens to minerals as they go through your digestive tract

# ? Feb 29, 2024 22:40

silicone thrills: Jan 9, 2008; I paint things

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

the article says the researching believe minerals in water could "encase" the plastics

no word on what happens to minerals as they go through your digestive tract

They make a nice little home in your digestive tract.

# ? Feb 29, 2024 22:44

lousy hat: Jul 17, 2004; bone appetit; Clapping Larry

the second part is filtering the boiled and cooled water to theoretically remove the encased microplastics but it seems to need water with some minimum hardness so there are enough minerals to have an effect

# ? Feb 29, 2024 22:45

TeenageArchipelago: Jul 23, 2013

silicone thrills posted:

Wouldn't that just put the microplastics in the air for you to breath or is it sealing them to your pan?

No it makes them disappear

the article says that it's boiling + filtering, so I assume that some goes into the air, and most is caught by the filter

E: ngl I didn't read the article that I posted, but the people who did explained it

# ? Feb 29, 2024 22:45

JAY ZERO SUM GAME: Oct 18, 2005; Walter.
I know you know how to do this.
Get up.

lousy hat posted:

the second part is filtering the boiled and cooled water to theoretically remove the encased microplastics but it seems to need water with some minimum hardness so there are enough minerals to have an effect

the article also states that the minerals could be filtered out by a "coffee filter" (after reading it again, thank you posters above)

but how does my coffee get through if a coffee filter would filter out minerals...?

# ? Feb 29, 2024 22:53

SixteenShells: Sep 30, 2021

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

the article also states that the minerals could be filtered out by a "coffee filter" (after reading it again, thank you posters above)

but how does my coffee get through if a coffee filter would filter out minerals...?

beans are vegetables, not minerals. classic mistake

# ? Feb 29, 2024 23:03