The Simpsons method completely blocked the sun but one interesting thing about a proposal like orbital mirrors is they only block some light. It's a bit like a partial solar eclipse, I suppose: I...
The Simpsons method completely blocked the sun but one interesting thing about a proposal like orbital mirrors is they only block some light. It's a bit like a partial solar eclipse, I suppose: I can say that when I experienced one before the temperature drop (even indoors) was immediate and noticeable and the light level felt like a cloudy day even though the sun was visible and there were still clear shadows. (Though, a solar shade probably wouldn't be so dramatic.) There are problems though. Messing with amounts of sunlight can affect precipitation and photosynthesis by plants and phytoplankton. Other methods of reducing sunlight can also have other weird effects, e.g. high altitude aerosols may make plants grow bushier to better capture the scattered light.
Because it's easier to just make your part cooler at everyone else's expense, that's what we'll all do. Boil the world, but keep our soccer stadium cool. How bad does it need to get before people...
Because it's easier to just make your part cooler at everyone else's expense, that's what we'll all do. Boil the world, but keep our soccer stadium cool.
How bad does it need to get before people start working together to make the important changes?
That's unnecessary exaggeration. There's an entire alternative energy industry. It's not enough, but it's big business. I do get annoyed seeing outdoor gas heaters, which are common in California...
That's unnecessary exaggeration. There's an entire alternative energy industry. It's not enough, but it's big business.
I do get annoyed seeing outdoor gas heaters, which are common in California of all places. Also outdoor fireplaces. They should both be banned. Go inside.
But maybe that's nothing compared to all the natural gas that the oil industry burns off instead of recovering?
Is it really much of an exaggeration? The innovative edge talked about in the article is still doing things like they've been done, but with solar providing 4% of the power, or small tests to...
Is it really much of an exaggeration? The innovative edge talked about in the article is still doing things like they've been done, but with solar providing 4% of the power, or small tests to lower the urban heat island effect. At the same time, Qatar refused the Paris climate accord and is comfortable with a status quo of burning fuels in order to dump cold air outside.
How is that not heating up the world to temporarily cool their little bit?
It doesn't sound like anything much is going on in Qatar, but when you asked about "people working together" I thought of all the things going on in other countries.
It doesn't sound like anything much is going on in Qatar, but when you asked about "people working together" I thought of all the things going on in other countries.
At some point it's going to be cheaper for rich countries to just send a billion sun shades into space to block out some sunlight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_sunshade#Cloud_of_small_spacecraft
I'm just going to take the L on intelligent discourse and make the obvious "Simpsons did it!" reference.
The Simpsons method completely blocked the sun but one interesting thing about a proposal like orbital mirrors is they only block some light. It's a bit like a partial solar eclipse, I suppose: I can say that when I experienced one before the temperature drop (even indoors) was immediate and noticeable and the light level felt like a cloudy day even though the sun was visible and there were still clear shadows. (Though, a solar shade probably wouldn't be so dramatic.) There are problems though. Messing with amounts of sunlight can affect precipitation and photosynthesis by plants and phytoplankton. Other methods of reducing sunlight can also have other weird effects, e.g. high altitude aerosols may make plants grow bushier to better capture the scattered light.
Because it's easier to just make your part cooler at everyone else's expense, that's what we'll all do. Boil the world, but keep our soccer stadium cool.
How bad does it need to get before people start working together to make the important changes?
That's unnecessary exaggeration. There's an entire alternative energy industry. It's not enough, but it's big business.
I do get annoyed seeing outdoor gas heaters, which are common in California of all places. Also outdoor fireplaces. They should both be banned. Go inside.
But maybe that's nothing compared to all the natural gas that the oil industry burns off instead of recovering?
Is it really much of an exaggeration? The innovative edge talked about in the article is still doing things like they've been done, but with solar providing 4% of the power, or small tests to lower the urban heat island effect. At the same time, Qatar refused the Paris climate accord and is comfortable with a status quo of burning fuels in order to dump cold air outside.
How is that not heating up the world to temporarily cool their little bit?
It doesn't sound like anything much is going on in Qatar, but when you asked about "people working together" I thought of all the things going on in other countries.
It's brutally ironic in a "Simpson's ice cube in the ocean" kind of way.