Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoScientists say sprinkling diamond dust into the sky could offset almost all of climate change so far — but it'll cost $175 trillion [USD]www.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkScientists say sprinkling diamond dust into the sky could offset almost all of climate change so far — but it'll cost $175 trillion [USD]www.livescience.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square66fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84arrow-down1·4 days agoDoes it have to be diamonds? Could we maybe use the ashes of billionaires instead?
minus-squareBeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 days agoIsn’t diamond manufactured in labs in 15 minutes now? I think the price is assuming natural diamonds value
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·4 days agoHuman ashes are mostly carbon, so yes, of course. We’ll run out of billionaires pretty quickly, though.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 days agoLet’s give it a trial run with a few thousand then we can measure the impact and reevaluate.
minus-squareieatpwns@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoThat’s a problem that solves it self
Does it have to be diamonds? Could we maybe use the ashes of billionaires instead?
Isn’t diamond manufactured in labs in 15 minutes now? I think the price is assuming natural diamonds value
Human ashes are mostly carbon, so yes, of course. We’ll run out of billionaires pretty quickly, though.
Let’s give it a trial run with a few thousand then we can measure the impact and reevaluate.
We’ll just have to try and find out.
Sounds like a win-win tbh
That’s a problem that solves it self