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In the case of something like PV, would that matter too much? The inefficiency doesn't mean the rest is lost, just that it stays in the local environment rathe
by rootusrootus 4y ago
In the case of something like PV, would that matter too much? The inefficiency doesn't mean the rest is lost, just that it stays in the local environment rather than get transmitted away somewhere else on a wire.
- omgwtfbyobbq 4y agoPretty much. As an examples, in deserts, there can be a modest increase in local IR radiation because of the change in albedo from PV panels compared to sand, but the overall decrease in IR from avoiding the CO2/etc emissions of fossil fuel generation is much, much larger than the local increase.