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		Melatonic on June 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MIT researchers propose Brazil-sized fleet of “spa... Depends where you reduce it though. Theres not a ton of photosynthesis happening in the middle of the REALLY brutal deserts and reducing some sunlight would also reduce the heat and maybe increase plant life and photosynthesis. Thats assuming you can control it that granularly though.

guelo on June 29, 2022 [–]

A shield at Langrangian L1 can't be very selective, it would basically shade the whole planet.

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