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This just has me picturing a scene where global warming is solved not by cleaning it up, but by leaving tons of window air conditioners everywhere, troll physic
by nancyminusone 1y ago
This just has me picturing a scene where global warming is solved not by cleaning it up, but by leaving tons of window air conditioners everywhere, troll physics style, "to cool down the outside"
- the_sleaze_ 1y agoPsh, that's not reasonable. Outer space is like really really cold. What we need is a huge heat pump in outer space that pumps the planets heat out into deep space. All we need is a space-elevator style tube and we're good to go!
- lukan 1y agoYou would need GIANT radiators. Space is cold but there is also allmost no cold material to transfer heat. So even with a space elevator .. not so easy.
- the_sleaze_ 1y agoYou forget the least realistic miracle required - the space elevator itself.
- filoeleven 1y ago> The Stanford team’s passive cooling system chills water by a few degrees with the help of radiative panels that absorb heat and beam it directly into outerspace. This requires minimal electricity and no water evaporation, saving both energy and water. The researchers want to use these fluid-cooling panels to cool off AC condensers. https://spectrum.ieee.org/efficient-airconditioning-by-beaming-heat-into-space https://spectrum.ieee.org/efficient-airconditioning-by-beami...