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The issue is that meteorites don’t have hardly any aluminum, which is the metal of concern here. We’re already seeing significant increases in the upper atmospheric concentration, and it’s projected to get a lot worse.
Meteorites do contain aluminum. The issue is with the concentration of aluminum in the atmosphere, as well as its rate of increase. If there’s an increase in the atmospheric burn up of artificial satellites accompanied by an increase in the problematic particulate in the atmosphere, then it’s certainly fair to consider that the two are correlated. This is especially so if there is no increase in the burn up of objects from any natural source — eg meteors.
Way more tons of meteorites burn up entering the atmosphere than the amount of shit starlink will even remotely produce.
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-satellite-megaconstellations-jeopardize-recovery-ozone.amp
The issue is that meteorites don’t have hardly any aluminum, which is the metal of concern here. We’re already seeing significant increases in the upper atmospheric concentration, and it’s projected to get a lot worse.
Meteorites do contain aluminum. The issue is with the concentration of aluminum in the atmosphere, as well as its rate of increase. If there’s an increase in the atmospheric burn up of artificial satellites accompanied by an increase in the problematic particulate in the atmosphere, then it’s certainly fair to consider that the two are correlated. This is especially so if there is no increase in the burn up of objects from any natural source — eg meteors.