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Solar panels work by taking "high grade" energy from sunshine, doing some useful work with it, and increasing entropy by producing heat. That heat does radiate
by thayne 4mo ago
Solar panels work by taking "high grade" energy from sunshine, doing some useful work with it, and increasing entropy by producing heat. That heat does radiate energy away at infrared wavelengths, but then greenhouse gases come into play. Greenhouse gases are very effective at reflecting infrared radiation back down to earth, so the heat is trapped.
- subscribed 4mo agoIs this your objection to solar panels then? Let's burn more dinosaur juice instead of using passive, clean device.
- thayne 4mo agoI am not objecting to solar panels. I'm saying using solar powered energy produces more waste heat than not using that energy at all.