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Letter: Could all the metal debris in space be playing a part in global warming?

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I have given a lot of thought to the matter of global warming and I am wondering if it is not so much about rainforestsand re-wilding,  fracking, mining,drilling etc. on earth, but more about what we are doing in space?

There must be tonnes of metal debris up there, and space stations and satellites etc.

So, could it be possible that the sun is being deflected or concentrated by all this metalwork. 

Perhaps by seeking another habitable planet we are ruining the one we live on?

Is this a feasible idea or just a runaway imagination?


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