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Opinion
Dr. Buck: Make Sunsets is a performance art stunt, not geoengineering
“I don't really see this effort as relating to geoengineering. Actually, like it's basically performance. You could call it performance art. I don't know if it meets the threshold of art, but it's more of like a performance that is meant to be. A provocation or…”
Dr. Holly Buck Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 21:54 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Buck: Rogue geoengineering risks shutting down legitimate climate research
“I mean, the main danger is that it inhibits the very real research that we need, because people are too alarmed from the whole topic, or they just write it off, and then the scientists, who I hope would be doing the good work on this, can't continue their work…”
Dr. Holly Buck Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 15:33 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
Assertion Supported
Buck: Tropospheric air pollution currently masks half a degree of warming
“Air pollution in the troposphere that's currently masking quite a bit of warming by some calculations, you know, half a degree, perhaps even more.”
Dr. Holly Buck Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 20:13 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry
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