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by HellzStormer 1202 days ago
Lagrange L1 is basically the only place you can place something between Earth and the Sun without heavy maintenance costs to maintain the position.

L1 is at 1% of the distance from earth to the sun. This means that if you are going to put something reflective there, there is basically no benefit size-wise compared to doing it directly on earth. (Diagrams usually make it look like it's 1/3 of the way, which would have a 77% increase to the covered area).

Feels like it would be easier to put something reflective like that somewhere on earth instead, allowing for a much bigger coverage per $.