...or we could ask industry to stop being filthy, selfish slobs.

You can ask but I'd say idea in the video has a better chance of actually happening.

Didn't Connor McCloud already do this in Highlander 3??

If you ask me, this is how humans will actually screw the planet up!

Human Arrogance!

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They tried this in the Matrix too. Block out the sun. Grand idea.

Sometimes it hurts to be a part of the human race. Downright embarrassing.

They tried this in The Simpsons too, then Mr. Burns got shot.

kinda like inventing escalators for fat people who can't walk up a flight of stairs

The advantage of a sunshield is that it is adjustable, you could adjust the satellite to let more or less sunshine through. Other geo-engineering projects don't have this advantage, like pumping SO2 in the atmosphere to cool, or bringing dust in the atmosphere/space.
But the better options are probably carbon sequestering techniques.

To launch this sunshield one would need something like the nuclear pulse powered Orion space ship. One of the best options for space travel.

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