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No, it isn't necessarily. 99.6% to 99.9999996% would be a "one million X" reduction in absorbed solar energy, but it would be of no consequence whatsoever becau
by jerf 3y ago
No, it isn't necessarily. 99.6% to 99.9999996% would be a "one million X" reduction in absorbed solar energy, but it would be of no consequence whatsoever because it would be well below the noise floor of any useful effect (see other people's comments about dust, etc.). The multiplicative factor of the reduction itself is not the relevant thing here. The real effect on a building would have to be measured.
- 4gotunameagain 3y agoyes, but when buildings painted white already get warm from sunlight, we can safely say that a ~35x reduction will be meaningful, as opposed to the example you provided where there will be no observable effect as you correctly pointed out.