Re: Furnace Effect?..no worries

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From: Vincent J. Erickson
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1989 14:16

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The greenhouse effect and the furnace effect could both be compensated
for in the following way:  Call 3M up; order many square kilometers of
mylar; place mylar in solar orbit just indise the Earth's so it blocks
a small percentage of the sun's rays. Result; a lowering of the
Earth's temperature.

A more elegant solution might be a sunscreen, rather than a reflector.
A large enough piece of mylar which allows all the visible light, but
reflects some of the infra-red light. This would keep shadows from
projecting on the Earth. This same method would be useful for blocking
ultraviolet radiation in the event we destroy the ozone layer as
well.

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From: vin@meccsd.MECC.MN.ORG (Vincent J. Erickson)
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Subject: Re: Furnace Effect?..no worries
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