Space Ring Could Combat Global Warming

telstar writes "Though the debate continues around global warming, a new proposal suggests building an artificial space ring around the Earth to block the light of the sun and bring a balance to solar radiation, cloud cover, and heat-trapping greenhouse gases. The ring could be comprised of particles which would scatter the sunlight, or be built by an interconnected ring of spaceships aligned to block the light. The former proposal is estimated to cost anywhere from $6 trillion to $200 trillion dollars, while the spaceship solution would run approximately $500 billion. Halo fans rejoice."

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[Gojira Shipi-Taro]

Additionally, I could give a shit if I acheive the level of my so-called superiors. What I have a problem with regarding your system is that it would cut me down to the level of imbeciles simply because it would contend that it was wrong for me to have an advantage based on having actual intellect.

And you're still a worthless fuckwad, communisttroll.

Drink bleach.

Typical liberal bullshit...

[benjamindees]

"We don't understand how this works, therefore we're against it. Keep 'researching'."

Quite frankly, I'm sick of it. Clearly you're already in the "man causes global warming camp". Why would you be against a large-scale technical solution to the problem instead of more hand-wringing?

More "environmental regulations" aren't going to change the fact that burning hydrocarbons creates CO2. It also won't change the fact that trying to re-capture that CO2 is a futile effort. Launching $500 billion worth of satellites is a drop in the ocean compared with what global energy demands will become in the coming decades. It may also provide the experience needed to harness solar power in an efficient way. You've been griping about that for decades, and now you're against it?

On an even more political note, now that you liberal idiots have finally woken up and realized that nuclear power isn't so bad after all, don't you feel even the slightest bit of irony that, had you come to that conclusion 20 years ago, we wouldn't be in this mess with "global warming" in the first place? Perhaps, the next time scientists come up with a new technology, you should just fucking listen to them and keep your mouth shut instead of bitching because you don't comprehend what's at stake.