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Silicon Valley Elites Are Funding Controversial Experiments to Block the Sun
It’s not science fiction. Today on the Big Take: Billionaires are pouring money into a technology that could curb climate change, but isn’t without risks.
Using high-altitude flights to deliver sulfates into the stratosphere is being studied as a means of cooling the planet.
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It sounds like science fiction, but it’s real: Venture capitalists, startup founders, and Silicon Valley elites are pouring money into a controversial technology called solar radiation modification that could cool the planet by blocking the sun.