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patrickgzill on Sept 29, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: US scientists find potentially habitable planet ne...

My first thought was "use big heat pipes to transfer heat from the hot side to the cool side".

hugh3 on Sept 29, 2010 | [–]

Indeed, anyone living there would not have an energy problem at all.

tocomment on Sept 30, 2010 | [–]

Or a system of shades orbiting the planet, or stationed between the planet and its sun. But by blocking sunlight the overall temperature of the planet would get colder.

Perhaps it has a large habitable moon that does rotate?

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