Let's assume for the moment that global warming is a real threat, unnaturally created by mankind.... And that the polar ice caps hold the key to preventing a chain reaction....And that we can't just stop all greenhouse gas emissions from one day to another.
I have seen that a concept for a huge solar wind sail exists. What if we shoot up and unfold one of those into a geostationary orbit over the poles, to create just a little bit of "shade" over the ice caps.
Do you think that would help to stop the ice caps from shrinking?
2006-09-13 13:53:46 · 9 answers · asked by Marianna 6 in Environment
Would be much easier and less expensive to cover polar areas with something like aluminum foil, increasing the polar albedo and reflecting more light back into space. A percentage would be absorbed by the atmosphere, but it would have the same effect as the reflectivity of large polar caps.
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2016-10-14 23:38:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, geostationary orbits are always over the equator.
2006-09-13 14:03:05 · answer #3 · answered by Engineer-Poet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the infrared energy from the sun that warms the planet, not the visible light. A sail won't stop it.
2006-09-14 11:36:13 · answer #4 · answered by Steve R 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The biggest contribution to global warming is heat from man. The population is getting out of control and the populations size is also. All we need to do is kill all the fat people.
Job done.
2006-09-13 13:56:48 · answer #5 · answered by donkeyspuzz 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually, I think that would tend to trap reflected light as heat and just make matters worse.
2006-09-13 13:58:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if that would work, but the image it creates is hilarious.
2006-09-13 14:08:14 · answer #7 · answered by Quiet Amusement 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your right it is crazy. LMAO
2006-09-13 14:41:35 · answer #8 · answered by kel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What global warming?
2006-09-13 13:55:51 · answer #9 · answered by Moxie Crimefighter 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋