Heatwave? Move the Earth to Shade

from the scientists-just-rented-Armageddon dept

OK, I'm not entirely sure this isn't plain fiction, but it is damn entertaining. First a caveat: I found the story on the Drudge Report. Second, yes, it is true: some scientists postulate that we could manipulate comets to help speed up the earth's rotation, pushing us to a cooler orbit.
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    Me, 13 Jun 2001 @ 11:19am

    Uhhhh


    Doesn't anyone think this sounds like an incredibly BAD thing to do?

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    mhh5, 13 Jun 2001 @ 1:45pm

    oh come on....

    While I hope this plan isn't implemented anywhere in the near future, I think it's good that people are coming up with these sort of crazy but plausible schemes. Who knows if someday we'll just decide to leave the solar system and take our dirty planet with us? :)

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    u2604ab, 13 Jun 2001 @ 1:53pm

    sunshade


    The appeal of a giant sunshade in orbit, or a billion tiny mirrors in orbit, seem like much less risky ways to combat global warming -- short of actually curtailing our consumption of fossil fuels.

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