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Umm, all energy consumption eventually ends up as heat in the environment. If you are bringing "infinite energy" in from space, you will be dumping infinite hea
by ams6110 8y ago
Umm, all energy consumption eventually ends up as heat in the environment. If you are bringing "infinite energy" in from space, you will be dumping infinite heat into the environment. Not exactly good for cooling the planet.
- nicodjimenez 8y agoHeat and energy are not the same. Heat generated from human activities does not significantly impact atmospheric heat compared to the heat generated by the sun and absorbed right inside the atmosphere. Also, if you have infinite energy, there are many things you can do to cool off. Everyone will be able to set their own preferred temperature.
- aerodude 8y ago> Also, if you have infinite energy, there are many things you can do to cool off. Everyone will be able to set their own preferred temperature. Jesus. Someone failed thermodynamics.
- nicodjimenez 8y agoI have a BS in Physics from Johns Hopkins and dropped out of PhD in Applied Math from Stanford. Where did you get your degrees from smarty pants? The problem isn't heat in the general sense of the word, it's heat trapped in the atmosphere. Heat trapped in the core of the earth isn't a problem at all, for example. Most human generated heat can be absorbed by matter on the surface and has a negligible impact on atmospheric heat. And if you had enough energy and low cost launch to space you could do things like cheaply send solar reflectors into space.