Something for the nerds (specifically Pete)
Came across a site called "Which science-fiction writer are you?" I thought that the idea was funny, but I had no idea who this guy was until I googled him and found out that he wrote Dune, which I have never read.
 | I am:Frank HerbertHis style is often stilted, but he created what some consider the greatest SF novel of all time. |
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Okay here's a strange fricken coincidence. i took your quiz and it said I was a guy named Gregory Benford, who is also a working physicist. One of his theories:
In 2004, Benford proposed that the harmful effects of global warming could be reduced by the construction of a rotating Fresnel lens 1000 kilometres across, floating in space at the Lagrangian point L1. According to Benford, this lens would diffuse the light from the Sun and reduce the solar energy reaching the Earth by approximately 0.5% to 1%. He estimated that this would cost around $10 billion. His plan has been commented on in a variety of forums.[1]. This plan, or a similar one, was proposed in 1989 by J. T. Early,[2] and again in 1997 by Edward Teller, Lowell Wood, and Roderick Hyde.[3] In 2006, Benford pointed out one possible danger in this approach: if this lens were built and global warming were avoided, there would be less incentive to reduce greenhouse gases, and humans might continue to produce too much carbon dioxide until it caused some other environmental catastrophe, such as a chemical change in ocean water that could be disastrous to ocean life.[4]
I was Hal Clement. Hmmm.
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