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To: marktwain

Understanding that I am a fan of customer-owned and operated solar power (co-generation essentially) and NOT utility-owned large-scale solar, I am wondering when the legit climate folks will look into the impact of large solar panel fields on what’s called planetary albedo, although localized. Just like concrete and steel cities act as heat sinks, large solar panel fields, designed to be as perpendicular as possible to the incident angle of sunshine, are likely to reflect LARGE amounts of ‘heat’ into the atmosphere.


27 posted on 10/30/2023 6:04:26 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: Blueflag
large solar panel fields, designed to be as perpendicular as possible to the incident angle of sunshine, are likely to reflect LARGE amounts of ‘heat’ into the atmosphere.
I’ve seen discussions of ways to maximize radiation to outer space in places other than deserts (which get cold at night due to that effect). Such technology obviously having application as an aid to air conditioning . . .

30 posted on 10/30/2023 6:23:00 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (A jury represents society. It presumes the innocence of anyone the government undertakes to punish)
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