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NeoGreen

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23. This might help...

Reply to retrowire (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 04:55 PM

Aug 2015

...
http://www.amazon.com/How-Build-Habitable-Planet-Humankind/dp/0691140065/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1440017532&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+build+a+habitable+planet

Mandatory reading in my Environmental Science 101 class way back in 1989.
(but maybe not this edition)

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I need assistance with a question regarding Terraforming... [View all] retrowire Aug 2015 OP

Spread kilotons of fine particulate matter in the upper atmosphere. Maedhros Aug 2015 #1

hmmm... retrowire Aug 2015 #3

There are limited options. Maedhros Aug 2015 #7

What about a means retrowire Aug 2015 #8

Given enough energy, it could be done. Maedhros Aug 2015 #11

Wow! Thanks so much! retrowire Aug 2015 #12

Don't thank me - thank Niven. Maedhros Aug 2015 #18

I don't think 'gargantuan' begins to cover it muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #20

Here's what I remember: Maedhros Aug 2015 #21

'pressed against' meaning 'floating in it', really muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #22

That can be done by using an asteroid to transfer momentum from a gas giant to your world Fumesucker Aug 2015 #28

Sulfuric acid has been suggested RufusTFirefly Aug 2015 #2

Anyway to do it without blocking out the sky? n/t retrowire Aug 2015 #4

Not really Hydra Aug 2015 #5

Damn, well retrowire Aug 2015 #6

Ya, but unintended consequences Hydra Aug 2015 #9

Hmm, I didn't consider the "every reaction has an equal and opposite reaction" clause... retrowire Aug 2015 #13

I'm not an expert either Hydra Aug 2015 #15

Well I thank you anyways! retrowire Aug 2015 #16

It's not like we're talking about the sky turning black Silent3 Aug 2015 #10

Huh. Okay, that's true.... retrowire Aug 2015 #14

Not an expert by any means, I doubt I could do the math... Thor_MN Aug 2015 #17

Okay. Very, very outlandish. "Thermoelectric effect." DetlefK Aug 2015 #19

This might help... NeoGreen Aug 2015 #23

Here is some info on terraforming SoLeftIAmRight Aug 2015 #24

Great information. Bonobo Aug 2015 #33

Could be: The expansion of the planet while it cools, would move particles (of matter and force) DhhD Aug 2015 #25

Carbon nanofibres made from CO2 in the air Agnosticsherbet Aug 2015 #26

Bad idea. DetlefK Aug 2015 #31

Increase the albedo to reflect more ligh back into space. On Earth if we could spread the ice sheets MillennialDem Aug 2015 #27

How??? DetlefK Aug 2015 #30

I didn't say it was easily doable :p I imagine massive bulldozer operations could push them to MillennialDem Aug 2015 #32

"The most efficient way would be to dim the star" said Tom darkly Fumesucker Aug 2015 #29