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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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2. This is a great idea in a time of climate change. Change the solar flux by increasing area.

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 02:38 PM

Mar 2019

It is strictly how unbelievably dangerous people will be in order to capture sunlight for their stupid electric car fantasies.

In the best case, it will foreclose the use of orbital space by making it full of junk - already a problem, but sure to be bigger.

In the worst case, by increasing the absorption area of the solar flux and focusing it on the planet, it will further fry the atmosphere.

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Solar farms in space could be renewable energy's next frontier [View all] OKIsItJustMe Mar 2019 OP

China plans a solar power play in space that NASA abandoned decades ago OKIsItJustMe Mar 2019 #1

This is a great idea in a time of climate change. Change the solar flux by increasing area. NNadir Mar 2019 #2

How does that compare to planetary warming from releasing the energy from fossil fuels and uranium? progree Mar 2019 #3

The thermal output of power plants is trivial compared to the solar flux. NNadir Mar 2019 #4

I know you got my point. Nice deflection anyway. Let's try it again progree Mar 2019 #5

Just think about the change in wavelength and you'll have my objection, clarified. NNadir Mar 2019 #6

Not clear to me, and I had a couple of electromagnetic waves and applications courses progree Mar 2019 #7