• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Idk anything about stars or solar systems, but when my house gets too hot I just close the curtains and it helps everything cool down. Maybe we can close earth’s curtains and will fix it?

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      5 months ago

      This does happen and it’s an effective way to decrease the temperature:

      Might be difficult to implement at scale though.

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        5 months ago

        A orbiting, remotely positional, moon-sized sun shade? That’s crazy enough to work I think you’ve solved the heatwave here

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        5 months ago

        It’s not really hard to implement at all but would just trade pest for cholera. We could just burn a lot of coal again, the dustier and dirtier the better. But that’s pretty bad for air quality but it would seriously cool the planet.