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Is it a good idea to put more solar irradiation onto Earth than we already have? I thought climate change was due to us causing accumulation of solar that would
by tommiegannert 3y ago
Is it a good idea to put more solar irradiation onto Earth than we already have? I thought climate change was due to us causing accumulation of solar that would otherwise diffuse into space.
Assuming they're not shading Earth, robbing someone else of sun. Are they? Is Mr Burns' solar blackout machine becoming a thing?
- rich_sasha 3y agoI guess depends what wavelengths are used. If it is something not absorbed by the atmosphere then the argument is moot. I think some microwave lengths for the bill.
- tommiegannert 3y agoWhy does it have to be absorbed by the atmosphere to be a problem? If the energy reaches the surface, and is absorbed there, it will eventually become heat as we use it. At that point, we've added heat to a system we're actively trying to cool.
- rich_sasha 3y agoThe idea is that the beam hits some receiver and most of it turns into electricity, not heat. Of course the elect city eventually turns into heat too...