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minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·10 天前I think y’all are missing the point here. It’s really to justify the production and testing of an insanely large planet altering weapon that would create a really cool firework.
minus-squarei_love_FFT@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·10 天前The only way to convince conservatives to fight climate change is if we do it with guns and bombs
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 天前If it gets the job done, I’m willing to make that compromise.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 天前Actually, one of their feasibility assumptions is that the device is too large to be used militarily. https://arxiv.org/html/2501.06623v1#%3A~%3Atext=Confronting+the+escalating+threat+of%2CEnhanced+Rock+Weathering+(ERW).
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 天前Ah. I suppose building an 81 gigaton nuclear weapon wouldn’t be small. Let’s fire up the antimatter then!
minus-squareAdalast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 天前I think they underestimate a military’s desire to use all of the things that go boom.
I think y’all are missing the point here.
It’s really to justify the production and testing of an insanely large planet altering weapon that would create a really cool firework.
The only way to convince conservatives to fight climate change is if we do it with guns and bombs
If it gets the job done, I’m willing to make that compromise.
Actually, one of their feasibility assumptions is that the device is too large to be used militarily.
https://arxiv.org/html/2501.06623v1#%3A~%3Atext=Confronting+the+escalating+threat+of%2CEnhanced+Rock+Weathering+(ERW).
Ah. I suppose building an 81 gigaton nuclear weapon wouldn’t be small.
Let’s fire up the antimatter then!
I think they underestimate a military’s desire to use all of the things that go boom.