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Bill Gates Wants to Block Out the Sun

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Tim reads a news article about Bill Gates funding a Harvard stratospheric dust experiment to dim the sun, mock-defending Gates against critics while escalating the absurdity of the plan.

In this bit8 moments
  • Tim claims he hates the Sun after nearly discovering he had melanoma—turned out to be dirt on his body.
  • Bill Gates wants to tunnel to the center of the Earth and bring back dinosaurs, and Tim insists he's a good person trying to help people.
  • Tim says it doesn't matter that Gates wants to send nuclear weapons to Mars for fun—he understands global warming comes from the Sun.
  • Tim reacts to article: Bill Gates wants to shoot dust at the Sun, which is what happens when you let someone have billions of dollars.
  • Critics fear dimming the Sun could trigger droughts, hurricanes, and death to millions—Tim dismisses them as conspiracy theorists.
  • The project is funded by Gates and pioneered by scientists at Harvard—not a crackpot plan from someone in a garden shed.
  • Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment involves raising two kilograms of calcium carbonate dust twelve miles above New Mexico desert to create a Sun shade.
  • SCOPEX is on hold amid fears it could trigger droughts, hurricanes, and death to millions—Tim defends Gates's intentions to cure disease and get rid of the Sun.
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