[cripplecreek]

It radiates the heat out in the atmosphere into outer space

Well alrighty then.

[Steely Tom]

It radiates the heat out in the atmosphere into outer space.

Space: The Final Frontier.

[Mamzelle]

Why take a shot at the power companies? Likely they’d find a way to make money out of this themselves! I hope it’s a genuine breakthrough. It’s Al Gore who’d hate this, because it aims warmth back out of the atmosphere!

[Paradox]

Sounds like a technological solution for any supposed “Global Warming”. Chalk another one up to Technology.

[smokingfrog]

[Mastador1]

Isn’t outer space actually beyond the atmosphere?

[Cicero]

Sounds as if this is designed not only to cool the house, but to cool the planet to some degree. I’m not sure if that’s such a good idea.

Having a reflective roof makes good sense in the summer. But does it need to send the warmth back into outer space?

Maybe so, but I’d like to see a little more explanation of that aspect. Is there a touch of global warming fear there?

[old-ager]

It sounds great but at 100 watts per square meter it would require a great deal of area.

[Nateman]

I suspect it’s a scam. A simple Mirror will reflect back sunlight but it won’t make the house any cooler than the temperature of the air.

[JohnBrowdie]

Horsecrap. someone in academia is looking to score a big grant from the green energy dummies at the DoE

[BraveMan]

The three-member team recently published its findings, and hopes to roll out an experimental prototype within a few months. They’ve spent a year doing extensive simulations and theoretical calculations.

So, they're selling math?

Good work if you can get it . . .

[EEGator]

“Shanhui Fan, professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, and graduate students, Aaswath Raman, and Eden Rephaeli,...”

Damn the Irish kick ass at engineering.

[this_ol_patriot]

Well you’ll still need a way to dehumidify to house air. 70 degrees at 100% humidity is not comfortable unless you like saunas. Remember as the temp drops the RH% will go up until you have every cool surface in your house sweating including you and mold and mildew everywhere..

[Clay Moore]

I bet pilots are going to love flying around looking down at a vast sea of mirrors reflecting the sun right back at them.

They will pine for the days of the occasional idiot with his laser pointer.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

Don't open the windows to catch a breeze!

Regards,
GtG

[jeffc]

I’m as dumb as a box of rocks, obviously. I don’t get it: if the ambient temperature is 95 degrees (Florida summer), how is reflecting sunlight off the roof supposed to “cool” a house enough to do away with the A/C?

[willgolfforfood]

Let’s not celebrate just yet. It’s completely OBVIOUS that this will cause Universal Warming.

[logitech]

It is time for some good old ass kicking of the rulers of the world.

[FreedomPoster]

Sounds like it might be a good way to bring on a glaciation cycle.

I don’t think we want to do that, no matter how much putting Chicago under a mile of ice appeals at first glance.

[dangerdoc]

What happens when it is hot and overcast?