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> increasing the total solar radiation to earth would be very bad for the climate. Citation needed. The radiation to earth varies already, sometimes we're far

• knodi123 5y ago
  > The radiation to earth varies already, sometimes we're farther away from the sun and the output of the sun isn't constant either. The earth seems to handle that just fine. That sounds remarkably similar to "how can there be global warming if we still have a cold season and a hot season". I don't say space-based solar arrays are necessarily a problem, but arguing that earth handles variations, as if the net total doesn't matter, is a little blinkered.
  • cinntaile 5y ago
    It's not like global warming necessarily has to do with the net total. It's the heat not getting out that's the biggest problem, hence why we focus on the gas(es) that keep the heat in?
    • knodi123 5y ago
      The net total is the sum of heat in and heat out. :-)