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Re:Could a Giant Parasol in Outer Space Help Solve the Clima... by thsksbd on Friday February 09, 2024 @12:56PM (#39317999)
It's a shade the size of Argentina.

Argentina is a very big country

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Re:Could a Giant Parasol in Outer Space Help Solve the Clima... by pmontra on Friday February 09, 2024 @01:21PM (#39318312)
Indeed. Argentina is only 3.5 times smaller than the USA. It's a lot of stuff to send to space.
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Re:Could a Giant Parasol in Outer Space Help Solve the Clima... by dylan604 on Friday February 09, 2024 @01:17PM (#39318264)
This is an odd one though, as Argentina's shape is very long an narrow. I doubt that shape is what is needed. So just looking up something with the similar sizes based on area doesn't really help when the shapes are so different.
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Re:Could a Giant Parasol in Outer Space Help Solve the Clima... by ducttapecrown on Friday February 09, 2024 @01:36PM (#39318510)
The Kardashev scale is a scale whose smallest unit is our current civilization, the scale easily accommodates Argentina.
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Re:Could a Giant Parasol in Outer Space Help Solve the Clima... by thsksbd on Friday February 09, 2024 @03:27PM (#39320071)
Kardashev scale is a fantasy - a dangerous one because very intelligent people spend their talent and societies' resources pursuing it.
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Re:Could a Giant Parasol in Outer Space Help Solve the Clima... by timeagain on Friday February 09, 2024 @02:26PM (#39319254)
Yeah but that scale is fantasy/sci-fi. Baked within it is a kind of assumption that it is a scale we should be moving up through, which is not a given.

So I guess it is reasonable if you think the destiny of life on earth is to “conquer” the “full power” of the sun.

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