proud geoengineer. Cooling Earth, 1 balloon at a time. ceo @MakeSunsets, previously director hardware @YCombinator.
oakland, ca
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another 16 pounds of sulfur dioxide successfully delivered to stratosphere today! average altitude: 103,800 feet☁️🌋
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this is like a welder complaining about the kids using hot glue guns. anything that gets more people making should be embraced.
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This is our return-to-home plane flying itself. Balloon pops around :21, and the plane stabilizes + points home after that. Lots more to do, but finally fundamentally working! Maybe I'll even learn how to aim the camera for better shots, someday;)
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we successfully launched 6075 grams of so2 to the stratosphere today. here's the first 3095 Cooling Credits; they deployed at 31km. thanks, everyone who's supported (or motivationally bashed) @MakeSunsets
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Farming robots, supersonic jets, and downloadable biotech experiments. Clearly YC only funds me-too apps:)
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i love this; donating now ( hcb.hackclub.com/donations/s… for others looking to do same)
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TIL TSA hates babies: I had to put on 'clothes' shortly after this shot. Also, diapers trigger *deep* pat-downs!
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another balloon tracker returned to us! turns out people are usually nice and happy to help
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Minted many new geoengineers @makerfaire this weekend! So much fun, and only one person scolded me;)
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10,000 Cooling Credits successfully deployed to stratosphere today via 6 balloons. This guy got put in RV jail while I got another tank of hydrogen to make sufficiently buoyant
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post the video (srsly). reduces strength of any argument you were colluding later… + potentially doxes him
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WOW almost all carbon credits are scams: "We estimate that less than 16% of the carbon credits issued to the investigated projects constitute real emission reductions"
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The most effective activist group the environmental movement has seen since XR is calling it quits. Hoping some members reach the same conclusion me, @ASong408 , and our 850 customers have: we must personally take action to cool earth!
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Love it when "experts" call us a joke! If profitable delivery to paying customers is comical, we're hilarious
We have deployed 80kg of so2 to the stratosphere for 749 paying customers. How long until your efforts create as much cooling as ours? Feel free to round up, and take credit for @CarbonEngineer but not cost for @WeAreOxy ;)
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more people should launch balloons! i feel like i’m having an unfair amount of the inflatable fun
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We have deployed 80kg of so2 to the stratosphere for 749 paying customers. How long until your efforts create as much cooling as ours? Feel free to round up, and take credit for @CarbonEngineer but not cost for @WeAreOxy ;)
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Researchers have spent 25 years trying to find downsides to SRM, and they keep failing. Latest example: probably brightens marine clouds
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I feel like I should be making more money for how many federal agencies contact me . epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-dem…
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nicely put, @ADoricko . I’m happy to join and answer questions about solar geoengineering
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How Y Combinator Brings Hardware Startups to Life via @hackaday hackaday.com/2015/12/12/how-…
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Great to see so many tired hackers in Houston Hall. I wish @pennapps had been around when I was a Quaker!
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i feel strongly that this culture produces poor results on the decade+ scale. the most successful people i’ve met only work like this for brief periods (at most). is there any evidence to back up glorifying hours inoffice producing sustainable ROI?
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Not doing a startup yet? Check out the YC fellowship: fellowship.ycombinator.com/
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we just have to magically stop emitting co2 then warming will stop. don't be sad, just buy an electric car!
This is the kind of polyana-ism that makes people distrust scientists. theclimatebrink.com/p/the-do…
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100% latex: biodegrades within a few years kaymont.com/environment
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another crash aka learning experience! barely damaged, i'm definitely learning cheaper and maybe even faster:)
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i have an extra ~40kwh per day. let’s build something if you can’t find an off-the-shelf answer!
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With 1868g so2, this will offset ~2x the yearly warming created by my lifetime emissions. Not the worst way to celebrate 41 trips around the sun;)
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I have been consistently impressed by the intellectual honesty of people working in climate science. It feels so good to read someone disagreeing with my work on substance while also being honest about the absurdity of political attacks.
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we literally have over 100kg in our tanks right now, & latest balloon launches are profitable😎🔥
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Hmmm... maybe it's getting hotter, so we need to do things once considered fringe? "Once fringe ideas about how to artificially cool the planet are gaining traction." - foreignaffairs.com/world/sol…
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Another great simulator for geoengineering deployment! simulator.reflective.org/ . So.... LFG!
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Boom!
Today we're partnering with @Virgin and @VirginGalactic to build and fly supersonic aircraft tcrn.ch/22wfUVx
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With Tovala, even I might be able to cook decent meals:) kck.st/1TnTJM1
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a great potential drop in the bucket... in a decade:|
Big story form @emilypont: Google has locked in carbon capture pricing at $100/ton, long considered a milestone (now the company they're buying from has to build its facilitiy...) heatmap.news/technology/goog…
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AMA with YC companies crowdfunding, now! news.ycombinator.com/item?id…
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Can anyone think of another field where scientific consensus is "this works and creates far more harm than good" yet only 1 company is deploying the tech? research.noaa.gov/injecting-…
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i get it that many things are overbuilt in the u.s., but i will never stop finding these euro hitches comically tiny
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and this is probably halfway to socratic dialogues on demand / young lady's illustrated primer!
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My "How To Make An Ice Age" presentation from Hereticon: drive.google.com/file/d/1bKH… . Was great to see so many people disagree enthusiastically + civilly, and the iguana was *delicious*
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& lmk if you need help calling every restaurant in florida with a patio to explain that using misters is about to be a crime;)
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Brand new on @Kickstarter: SOUNDBOKS: THE LOUDEST BATTERY-POWERED SPEAKER by SOUNDBOKS kck.st/1L0zrpo
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Hardware OH in NYC this Sunday. Sign up! apply.ycombinator.com/events…
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4 initial projects: 1. cool earth by .1c (@MakeSunsets , biased) 2. cheap, carbon-negative natural gas (@TerraformIndies) 3. Salton Sea 2.0 (@tomaspueyo). 4. rain on demand (@RainmakerCorp )
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Confession: our balloons are legal:| makesunsets.com/blogs/news/c…
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Invest in Pristēem: Take care of the clothes you love 👗👔👖👕👚🧥 wefunder.com/pristeem
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fund activism not bureaucracy! "donations to organizations like Extinction Rebellion or the Sunrise Movement are six to 12 times more impactful than contributions to top-rated climate charities"
-wagingnonviolence.org/2024/0…
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The rv I understand, but do we really want to live in a world where furry pink art cars get towed?
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theverge.com/news/625818/ath… makes me feel better about crashing $200 foam planes
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by my math, @minefilecoin has an implied valuation of >= $1.5B ($150M+ filecoins to investors, representing 10% of token allocation). damn.
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My friends at Revl just launched their stabilized camera for action sports indiegogo.com/projects/16833… #indiegogo
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