[TML] Alderson disk

[Richard Aiken]

On Dec 10, 2007 3:44 PM,  <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:
> On 10 Dec 2007 at 12:12, Greg wrote:
> > > That's just a hair extreme.
>
> > Keep 'em long. Adds to the weirdness factor.
>
> Well, it will make for rather more interesting climate effects. 96
> hours of sunlight near the inner rim will *really* bake things...
>
> And 96 hours of dark at the outer rim will get really cold.

I'm with Greg.  Keep 'em long.  This way we can have some real weather
in the mid-latitudes without needing to be on the shore of a megasea.
The extreme variances between the inner and outer edge temps are
averaged out by the the air meeting in the middle, in the process
yeilding "interesting" weather.

-- 
Richard Aiken

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