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A comment on Ask HN: Could increasing the Earth-Sun distance offset climate change?.

Re:Ask HN: Could increasing the Earth-Sun distance offset cl... by dexwiz on Monday July 22, 2019 @01:07PM (#20500015)
The amount of energy that it would take to noticeably change the Earth's orbit would dwarf any other practical engineering effort. Carbon sequestration plants would have a much higher impact on climate change.
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Re:Ask HN: Could increasing the Earth-Sun distance offset cl... by zunzun on Monday July 22, 2019 @01:38PM (#20500331)
I disagree - it seems logical to transport all of the earth's inhabitants to one side of the planet, and have them all push downwards at the same time.
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Re:Ask HN: Could increasing the Earth-Sun distance offset cl... by snlnspc on Monday July 22, 2019 @02:28PM (#20500785)
wouldn't it be better to go to the other side and use a lunar pulley system?
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Re:Ask HN: Could increasing the Earth-Sun distance offset cl... by zunzun on Monday July 22, 2019 @03:40PM (#20501537)
From an energy efficiency standpoint, yes.
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