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What impact would a solar shade have on that? On agriculture and overall photosynthetic capacity? I honestly don't know or know of any quality modeling of it.
by throwaway5752 7y ago
What impact would a solar shade have on that? On agriculture and overall photosynthetic capacity?
I honestly don't know or know of any quality modeling of it.
- joshmarlow 7y agoVery good questions and I don't have the answer. I was mostly trying to respond to the concern that it's just kicking the can down the road. But if we're speculating... with cheap launch capacity and cheap/efficient solar, we could start talking about building solar farms in space. Also - again speculating - if the shade has limited coverage, there should be a temperature difference on the edge of the shadow. That may cause increased wind, which could benefit windmills.
- throwaway5752 7y agoI think wind would suffer because of less energy overall going into the system. I'm not an expert enough to know the answer.