Cooling the Earth with a cloud of small spacecraft near the inner Lagrange point

Re:Cooling the Earth with a cloud of small spacecraft near t... by BurningFrog on Friday August 25, 2017 @11:54PM (#15103964)

> Sure, blocking or deflecting some light might lower Earth's temperatures temporarily, but you'd exacerbate CO2 levels semi-permanently.

This hurts to read.

Blocking sunlight "might" not lower temperatures. It is absolutely certain. It's a very basic fact that sunlight is what heats our planet.

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Re:Cooling the Earth with a cloud of small spacecraft near t... by khazhoux on Saturday August 26, 2017 @12:01AM (#15103984)

I think you're misreading. The uncertainty of "might" refers to the plan actually occurring, not to the temperature lowering.

You can read this sentence as:

"Sure, you might block or deflect some light and that will lower Earth's temperatures..."

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