Solar Energy Contributes to Climate Change Some, Study Finds

Weather ^ | 11/03/15

[Libloather]

A recent study reveals an aspect about solar energy we never expected or thought possible - it contributes to climate change.

The study, conducted by climate change research scientist Aixue Hu of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that solar panels tend to cause regional cooling when converting sunlight into electricity and increase urban area temperatures when said electricity transforms into heat.

Researchers conducted climate model sensitivity experiments to look at the effects of solar panels placed in various regions.

[Libloather]

Large solar installations affect global and regional climate by taking solar radiation and distributing it in a different manner than natural processes. In turn, the farms change local radiation balance, "resulting in changes in atmospheric circulation."

They should be removed.

[Islander7]

There ain’t nothing free.

[Lazamataz]

Well then, if everything causes “Global Climate Change”, I say, let us run with it.

#EmbraceTheSuck

[FredZarguna]

Wrong comma placement:

Solar Energy Contributes to Climate Change, Some Study Finds

[TigersEye]

Just because the sun puts out the energy of 100 billion nuclear bombs per second doesn’t mean it’s going to affect anything here on earf.

[BatGuano]

It is actually 103.5 billion nuclear bombs per second.

And that is only on the side that we can see to count!

It is the ONLY reason that we feel warm.

[beethovenfan]

Uh-oh - I think the whole “climate change” BS is starting to unravel.

[TigersEye]

It is the ONLY reason that we feel warm.

That's a pretty bold statement. Is there a consensus to back that up?

[BatGuano]

I am a bold man. Ask the billions of people on the earth what, in nature, causes heat or warmth (don’t mention light) and see if you get “a consensus,” smart ass.

[Svartalfiar]

This is pretty obvious.. They absorb sunlight that would otherwise be heating the ground, and hence the air. A large enough solar farm will make the area cooler (in addition to blocking light from plants/etc on the ground).

[TigersEye]

Sorry, I thought you were kidding in post #6.

I turn up the thermostat and burn some natural gas to feel warm.

[BatGuano]

I was making fun of the 100 billion nuclear bombs etc. Also, about the side of the sun.. but I am serious about what controls the solar system’s climate. It is only the Sun.

[TigersEye]

OK then. (backing away slowly)