According to the source, Make Sunsets conducted field tests without prior notice or permission from the Mexican government. Fearing the consequences on Earth’s atmosphere, the country’s authorities decided to ban further experiments.

What happened?

A statement released by the Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources said the ban was designed to protect communities and nature in the absence of any international agreement regulating such experiments that could have planetary consequences.

An experiment recently announced by Make Sunsets founder Luke Iseman has already been carried out. Not likely to have a significant impact on the environment, because both bullets contained less than 20 grams of sulfur dioxide. This is a small amount of compound released into the air in much larger volumes, often by volcanoes and fossil fuel power plants. Also, the startup apparently didn’t follow the rounds, so it doesn’t know if they’re getting high enough to get the sulfur dioxide to a point where it can show the desired effectiveness.

what is it now

Luc Iseman says future launches are “postponed indefinitely.”

He and his company are “particularly excited to work with island nations whose existence is threatened by climate change.” According to him, the company is interested in partnering with governments, although there is no such agreement yet. The only reason Make Sunsets dropped bullets in Mexico is because Iseman was living there at the time.

• We will remind you of the essence of the Make Sunsets project – in spraying into the atmosphere special substances that can block some of the sunlight in certain parts of the planet, thereby preventing further warming of the planet.
• At the same time, Bill Gates is exploring the possibility of spraying chalk, and some scientists have turned their attention to sulfuric anhydride.
• The idea even caught the attention of the White House – there they are studying this issue and the possible risks.
• The problem is that while it can trigger uncontrolled self-sustaining processes that could lead to a new ice age, it can also damage the ozone layer, which is just starting to recover after decades of global effort. Some scientists say that the topic of solar geoengineering has not yet been studied enough for such experiments.