Could we possibly move the earth into a slightly "cooler" orbit to prevent global warming???

Question

If a mighty astroid can potentially shift the earth into an ice-age...could we somehow move the earth into a slightly more distant (from the sun) orbit to counter global warming?

Answer 1

Your talking about opening Pandora's box, assuming we could do it. Let's think about this for a moment. The solar system has been trying successfully to reach gravitational equilibrium over more than 4.5 billion years. This means that all of the planets that are in steady orbits around the sun right now are so because sacrifices have been made to reach that. Changing the orbit of a planet will affect all neighboring planets, changing the gravitational effects on each other, and severely altering gravitational stability with the neighboring planets. IT IS NOT as simple as moving the planet, you have to contend with effecting the orbits of other planets. You may ask why would you care to affect Mars or more likely Venus, but you must realize that these planets have helped stabilize our own planet's orbit in the beginning, and changing theirs will change ours. We don't need any more curveballs from ourselves; its already uncertain we will survive under nature's PERFECT living conditions.

Simply because we cannot control the way we consume fossil fuels, or because we refuse to commercialize alternatives, what right do we have to change our orbit. Its like offering a liver transplant to an alcoholic.

Answer 2

That is like killing yourself over a hang nail.

Moving a planet is a Huge project. One well beyond our reach at the moment. But if you look into the Global warming issue you'll see that humanity has little to nothing to do with it. One volcanic eruption pumps more junk into the air that we have ever done.

Effecting weather on a global level is going to be something that we should work on, but what your looking at today is a natural occurrence.

What's next?

Do we need a good nuclear winter?

Answer 3

We don't currently have the (proven) means to deflect an asteroid. To move the whole planet is out of the question. We need to figure out how to deal with global warming, and we need to figure this out soon. I live in the northern US, but I couldn't go cross-country skiing last year due to lack of snow. This year is proving no better (so far). I think the HVAC industry will grow. Get into it and make money. It's the American way.

Answer 4

You have GOT to be either young or brain-damaged. So how would we go about moving the earth, brainiac. Consider how much it weighs. Think of the heaviest thing you have ever seen. A building maybe, right? A really big ocean liner. Now consider that YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A PLANET!!!!!!!!

How you going to do it? Rockets? Ooh, how about a big lever against the moon?

Answer 5

The short answer is NO! Not without removing all the atmosphere and constructing massive reaction drives, and it would cost much less than 1000th of the required funds(even if we could do it, which we can't) to use solar and the newer, safer forms of nuclear energy and abandon fossil fuels completely.

Answer 6

Don't worry, once the oceans get hot enough the flow will change an put us into another Ice Age. Then it will be cool again.

Answer 7

No, the energy required to do that would be so huge that it would require a new technology that in and of itself would eliminate the need for further fossil fuel burning.

Answer 8

Stop prossecing toxic, gas(I mean, the gas from the car or....whatever!)....

and....(more..check-up your books or search online!)

I read it from my books...

Answer 9

Did you really just ask that?

Answer 10

uhhh....suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure?