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Is there any way to "bleed" more heat (other than making the atmosphere thinner, which is obviously a double-edged sword, and not feasible anyway). Would be in
by throw1234651234 7y ago
Is there any way to "bleed" more heat (other than making the atmosphere thinner, which is obviously a double-edged sword, and not feasible anyway).
Would be interesting to keep inflow the same and reduce outflow, but I have no idea what I am talking about.
- WhompingWindows 7y agoReflective roofs/walls of buildings, basically make more IR and heat energy get reflected away from the surface. You don't really make the atmosphere thinner by removing CO2 or methane...they are trace gasses relative to N2 and O2, CO2 is less than a .05% of the atmosphere, IIRC. So, you mostly want to prevent heat from hitting the Earth, or decrease the absorption (increase albedo), or you want to remove the heat-trapping gasses that will continue a warming cycle by trapping the heat we do get. I think space sunshade's a decent idea, but we still need very aggressive decarbonization, as CO2 is very bad for the ocean, nevermind the heat trapping.
- ncmncm 7y agoI have encountered reflectors that actually reflected visible light. I think they were called "mirrors". Maybe you have encoutered them too. Infrared radiation only comes from things that have been heated (mostly) by that visible light. Any light reflected back into space without being converted to heat is energy that is somebody else's problem.