Technology - Let's start eliminating the night.

                     
         
             
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 Let's start eliminating the night      
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Igor Shin               
(reprint from the newspaper "Interesting newspaper"
    ta. Block D" N6 (117) for 2003)   
                                        
 As you know, the change of day and night is direct
my consequence of the rotation of the Earth. Turn-
sculpting around its axis, our planet is in
every moment of time substitutes rays
The sun is only half of its nobepxhoc-
tee. Because of this, part of the time people take out
expected to spend in the dark, spending
colossal energy resources in
lighting of houses and streets.                 
                                        
 Is it possible to get rid of the but-
chi?..  In recent years there has been
a number of original designs have been proposed
Comrade  Most of them are still borderline
cheat with fantasy, but, in principle, through
they may already be implemented for some time
established.                                
                                        
 One of the projects is to
install on the artificial satellite Ze-
mli "hydrogen Sun", that is, bring out
a controlled reactor into orbit, in which
nuclear fusion reaction would occur
(union of nuclei of hydrogen atoms), according to
similar to what happens in the depths
the real Sun. Since with such
reaction develops a temperature of milli-
these degrees, then the “artificial Sun”
could really serve as a complement
an excellent source of light and heat for the human
humanity. In this case, the satellite’s orbit can be
It would be possible to choose with this calculation,
so that the "artificial Sun" appears
mainly over night areas
earth's surface or the longest
living time moved over the polar
districts. Then it would be possible to eliminate
endure the long and tedious polar night
and at the same time “warm” the Arctic and An-
tapktuky.   There is also an ingenious project, mainly
which is also newer to use
artificial earth satellites. But these
satellites should not be space ones
devices filled with unique hardware
dust, ah...dust! Many (megatons)
dust particles must be delivered by special
rockets into low-Earth orbit, and then
"scatter" around the planet. As a result
such an operation around the globe must
but a huge dust ring will form,
somewhat reminiscent of the famous ring
Saturn. "Intercepting" those solar beams
chi, which are now passing by the Earth and
are lost in outer space, and
scattering them in all directions, dust bowls
hundred will direct part of the solar
light and heat to the Earth. Thanks to this
the night will disappear completely, and our climate
The planet will become significantly warmer.      
                                        
 The third option can be called, rather,
exotic, as well as the most ancient of
everyone.  Two centuries ago the idea appeared
cover the entire surface of the Moon with huge
mirrors. Everyone knows that in a safe area
on the night of the full moon it becomes "light"
like day" and this happens only due to
reflections from the lunar surface are negligible
little sunlight. Zer-
kala will be able to intensify this light by tens
thousands of times.                              
                                        
 Everything was invented except the area of the green
mirror coating.  It's stupid to use
so many mirrors, especially since
their production will require uctpa-
take half of the naturally occurring cepe-
sconce Besides, for some reason they forgot about the meteorological
ritahs that constantly bombard
lunar surface.                     
                                        
 In fact, it is enough to install
mirror reflector with an area slightly larger
more than the city of Kyiv, covering every mirror
thick armored glass cap
la.  Light from such a "night lamp"
will be quite enough to realize
reduce energy costs
(which is already important!)...              
                                        
 And now - about the sad things.               
                                        
 The feasibility of these projects in our
time is zero. It's about difficulties
both technical and natural and even
psychological in nature.             
                                        
 First,modern science and technology
are still too “young” to implement
implementation of these developments has not even been decided
problem of controlled thermonuclear reactor
tions; about problems of control, pemoha and obs-
tinkering with "artificial suns" I just
I'm silent.                                  
                                        
 Secondly, the political elite of the earth
the ball has not yet matured enough to use such
dangerous systems of "general planetary benefit"
vaniya".  After all, the “hydrogen Sun” is
a huge thermonuclear bomb capable of
one moment to destroy our entire planet.
And the “dust ring” and “mirror fo-
nar", easily transforming into giant
tckue lasers covering a territory at a time
the history of a country like Australia,
gum "club" in hands (sorry for
pun!) dishonest political
figures.                               
                                        
 Thirdly, eliminating the night is a punishment
dinal change in normal thermal and
light regime, climate change on-
necks of the planet.  After all, one cannot ignore
that the vast majority of living organ-
Earth's lowlands for many millennia
over the years they have adapted to the existing
the rhythm of day and night. Unexpected res-
some disruption of this rhythm can cause
rowunwanted and even catastrophic
some phenomena in the world of animals and plants.
For example: rising sea levels and oceans
new, disruption of the water cycle and atmoc-
ferrous circulation, melting of polar ice-
light mode, climate change on-
necks of the planet.  After all, one cannot ignore
that the vast majority of living organ-
Earth's lowlands for many millennia
over the years they have adapted to the existing
the rhythm of day and night. Unexpected res-
some disruption of this rhythm can cause
a number of undesirable and even catastrophic
some phenomena in the world of animals and plants.
For example: rising sea levels and oceans
new, disruption of the water cycle and atmoc-
ferrous circulation, melting of polar ice-
dov, shift of climatic zones, lowering
freezing of vast steppe spaces
etc., etc.                          
                                        
 This, of course, does not mean that people
when they don't launch a night attack
darkness and winter cold, but this hacky-
Captivity must be preceded by careful
and comprehensive scientific training.