When I came across this video, the first thing I wondered was how the moons gravity would affect the rings.
Another question posed in the videos comments is how the rings would impact telecommunications and satellites. While it is possible that the rings may have delayed our venture into space due to the increased risk of collisions with space debris, we would most likely have a better time with communications since we could just bounce radio waves off the rings.
However, there are hundreds of what-if's that would need to be taken into account if the Earth had rings, most of which we probably don't realize need to be considered.
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