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onethought
on Sept 29, 2024
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Solving climate change by abusing thermodynamic sc...
Isn’t this why solar is good. We already have the heat sink (earth) we just aren’t using the energy.
lupire
on Sept 29, 2024
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Not exactly because the Earth naturally reflects a large amount of solar energy back into space.
AnthonyMouse
on Sept 30, 2024
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That's more of the solution than the problem. Most of the light is absorbed rather than reflected, but causing more to be reflected isn't that hard, e.g. cover a large surface area of low value land or ocean with cheap reflective material.
Taniwha
on Sept 30, 2024
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A lot of that is from clouds that are above the panels
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