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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:16 AM Original message |
Can a Giant Sunshade Save the Planet? |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. this is the kind of "out-there" thinking we have to do... |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Shades of Larry Niven's 'Ringworld' |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I'm thinking solar panels on the 'outside', microwaved to earth collectors |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Scolling ad banners over the face of the earth? ugh |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Heh. "A new life awaits you in the offworld colonies..." |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Solar panels are barely affordable on the ground... |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes, I'm aware of that. I'm not suggesting the solar shade concept is realistic |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Liftport is nothing if not supremely ambitious... |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Niven of course postulates material fabrication in situ |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. Or, just keep building Hummers and coal plants (cross post) |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. Oh, great ... there's the next |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. I just hate the attitude this approach reflects |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. In a word, "no." |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. All we need is Bruce Willis and a few super-secret Air Force shuttles... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. Gee ... old Oscar gets around doesn't he? |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I suspect some "senior planners" think their lifeboats will be safe. |
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