• The Environment

    10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet

    By Posted on 8.1.2008 27 Comments

    Making a dent in the climate crisis is going to take more than solar panels and recycled toilet paper. Scientists are finding ever more creative ways (pig pee! DIY tornadoes! mini nuclear reactors!) to clean up the Earth

    6.12.2008 at 12:49pm - Comment by blakehx

    Clever idea but I think that instead of sending solar panels into outer space we should make huge floating solar panel blankets and float them on the surface of the ocean. This does double-duty because the solar panels will create a large amount of electricity and since the ocean absorbs most of the light that hits it (thus contributing to global warming), the solar panels reduce the amount of heat that is absorbed.



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