From the little I know, I've read somewhere that the easiest way the Earth for the Earth to cool would be to provoke some volcanos to spew a bit of ash into the atmosphere. That might not be great for respiratory health, but would reflect more sunlight back into space. But you'd have to be careful. Apparently volcanos could easily cause the next ice age.
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I began disliking the word cold once I understood there is no such thing, just like darkness. I'd be looked at funny if I said "there's insufficient heat" instead of just saying "it's cold".
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It's still a matter of point of view, kind of like saying "sunrise" and "sunset" instead of "the point at which I stand on Earth has turned 90° in relation to our star."
What you're talking about was coined with the discovery of absolute cold. If there's a point that's absolute and things can only be hotter than that then that must be the base line and anything warmer is, well, warmer so heat must exist and cold doesn't.
But you could also look at it the other way. Many also theorize that there's also an absolute hot as well, which we also believe our universe started out at. So if our universe started out at an absolute hot, maybe that's the base line and anything cooler is, well, cooler so cold must exist and heat doesn't.
And if darkness, coldness and empty space don't exist, does that just mean scientists are optimistic, since the glass is never half empty since it is always full?
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Cool to think about,...
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You mean "Less hot to think about,..."