Alan Connor wrote:

Now there's an idea. Whether or not man is causing "global
warming", man could correct it. Man could also probably fix
the "nuclear winter" by vaporizing an appropriate volume
of ocean with nukes.




That's just brilliant.


AC


Actually, the same basic idea, using mirrors in orbit to melt ice
sheets, was proposed nearly 60 years ago. A very few years later,
mirrors on the moon were used in a sci-fi story as weapons of mass
destruction. In terms of physics, there's not a single reason why eather
plan wouldn't work.

Pete H

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