István Szapudi, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Posted on 08/09/2023 3:28:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Some of the most exotic solutions to climate change are the various forms of geoengineering. Such proposals aim to reduce global warming by shrinking the amount of solar radiation that reaches Earth’s surface—by, say, injecting large amounts of sulfur dioxide or dust into the air to mimic the cooling effect of large volcanic eruptions. Or building catapults to launch lunar dust into orbit around Earth and intercept the sun’s rays in the space near our planet.
But University of Hawaii cosmologist István Szapudi has an even more far-out idea: place a 372,000-mile-wide sun shade tethered to a captured asteroid between Earth and the sun to reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching our planet by 1.7 percent. His analysis is agnostic to the shade’s shape, though he imagines it could be a circular shade made of triangular segments, able to open or close like flower petals to allow variable amounts of sunlight through.
“It’s not going to cast a sharp shadow,” Szapudi says. ”Maybe with a telescope you could notice that there is something in front of the sun. But other than that, it would just be that people would notice that the weather is a little bit better.”
He readily admits that this concept would require millions of dollars investment in just preliminary engineering studies to see if it is really possible. “Of course, it’s unrealistic to actually do this, so hopefully, we will slowly give up fossil fuels,” Szapudi says, citing a much more mainstream goal to curb a source of climate change. “But that’s a very long-term process.”
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István Szapudi, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Maybe use Venetian blinds?
I think we should pay a unicorn to sit in front of the planet so that we can rest in his shade.
This is the sort of sick stuff you get when God is removed from our society. Climate change is a virtual religion for these people and they are going to force us to participate in their religion, against our will.
What could go wrong?
Meanwhile China’s the dirtiest country on earth and they are all for buying everything from China.
Insanity
Istvan must like really cold winters because that is a given. When the northern hemisphere is warm in summer, the southern hemisphere is cool in winter, and vice versa.
So, brainiac, what is the perfect temperature for the Earth to be and has it ever been that temperature for very long?
EC
Just think. The people coming up with these ideas are “educated” and have degrees. Tells you everything about the quality of a college education nowadays.
Or maybe "Venutian" blinds.
Maybe we can launch all liberals into space, and they can be the giant shade.
This planet needs divine intervention...and soon!
We’ve seen how well science is at turning men into women and vice versa so I can’t imagine anything going wrong.
In reality the first thing that needs to happen is the so called climate scientists need to understand reality and that probably would require several sessions with a person with common sense who can bitch slap some sense into these idiots.
Just thank the Lord and that this will never get beyond the stupid idea phase
Support a landscaper and catapult shade trees into the ozone layer.
I hope we’re not paying people to come up with this ridiculousness.
This is what you get when humans presume to have the powers of God. They are so focused on themselves as gods, they believe they can control the galaxy and improve upon a Divine creation. Sick. Sinful. Blasphemous.
Maximum stupidity.
Put a lamp shade on their heads.
If we just went full communist the earth and the planet would be pristine again. /s
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