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It's things like this that have the potential to have big effects. Savings to cooling will directly improve energy efficiency and thus CO2 production.
by JoeAltmaier 4y ago
It's things like this that have the potential to have big effects. Savings to cooling will directly improve energy efficiency and thus CO2 production.
- gonz0p0litik 4y ago
- colanderman 4y agoYes, it goes somewhere where we don't feel the need to spend energy moving it away from.
- gonz0p0litik 4y ago
- jrockway 4y agoI would assume that cooling buildings is more efficient than cooling small cars and planes. Buildings can, for example, use a ground source heat pump, which isn't an option for vehicles. I also have to assume that a perfect reflection from the top of a car or a plane just sends the radiation out into space.
- colanderman 4y agoBuildings subtend a very small solid angle relative to the earth and the sky most anywhere I drive (and I live in a major metropolitan area).
- wffurr 4y agoBack into space. Seems fine.
- njdvndsjkvn 4y agoBack towards space is more accurate. Some of the light will bounce back to the earth because of the greenhouse effect. edit: This doesn't mean that the paint isn't effective for what the researchers want it to do, in case that wasn't clear
- ceejayoz 4y ago> Reflected heat has to go somewhere. Back out to space, where it came from.