1) Agree wholeheartedly with Fnord on the hydrogen issue.
2) Re insolation. Would it be possible to construct an orbital filter that passes through only a limited set of frequencies, including those needed for broadleaf et al to propogate, and reflects others away from the planet? It wouldn't kill insolation heating completely, but it would sure as heck reduce it a lot, and without killing the ecosystem we're trying to create.--
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
2) Re insolation. Would it be possible to construct an orbital filter that passes through only a limited set of frequencies, including those needed for broadleaf et al to propogate, and reflects others away from the planet? It wouldn't kill insolation heating completely, but it would sure as heck reduce it a lot, and without killing the ecosystem we're trying to create.--
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.