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.
Comments on “Heatwave? Move the Earth to Shade”
Uhhhh
Doesn’t anyone think this sounds like an incredibly BAD thing to do?
Re: Uhhhh
Yeah, I’ll second the notion that this is just begging for trouble.
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? 🙂
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.