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I didn't consider a directional radiators. Maybe that's more possible, but still you'd need to move a huge portion of what the sun is hitting the earth with an
by SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
I didn't consider a directional radiators. Maybe that's more possible, but still you'd need to move a huge portion of what the sun is hitting the earth with and reflect it back into space.
Looks like the oceans have been heating at a rate of ~0.5 - 1 W / m2[1], and there's 3.61e+14 m2 of ocean on the planet, so potentially we'd need to radiate 361,000,000,000,000 W into space just to break even (assuming we're not generating heat to move the heat)?
[1] https://e360.yale.edu/features/how_long_can_oceans_continue_to_absorb_earths_excess_heat https://e360.yale.edu/features/how_long_can_oceans_continue_...