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On net I don’t think it makes a difference. When the energy is spent as electricity it basically releases heat in some form or other eventually
by Arn_Thor 3y ago
On net I don’t think it makes a difference. When the energy is spent as electricity it basically releases heat in some form or other eventually
- wongarsu 3y agoHowever you might be able to kick the can down the road for another century or even millennium if you release the heat deep inside the earth. You could even achieve a similar effect with today's tech by running solar-powered heat pumps that pump the heat into deep bore holes or old oil wells. But that air conditioning the desert is a particularly great idea, but compared to better ideas like putting translucent reflective foil into orbit it had the charm that it has local effects you can achieve without international cooperation or incident
- fulafel 3y agoRadiation to space would be another possibility. But reflective paint would seem easier than a scheme to power arrays of space facing lasers using ultra high efficiency solar panels.