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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 236: The Obama's new house is half baked
red sox 777 08/25/19 10:23:29 PM #359:	LordoftheMorons posted... pyresword posted... Isn't it physically impossible for that to have the intended effect according to thermodynamics? All the energy used to create the ice still has to go somewhere. Actually it could potentially be helpful, assuming it didn't just quickly melt again. It's true that creating the iceberg will be a net heat increase, but ice is very reflective (as compared to water, which is a heat sink), so if you're reducing heat absorption from the sun it should probably be a net win for the earth. (No idea if the proposed technology is at all realistic, though). Yeah, I assume their goal is increasing albedo. But there are probably way more efficient ways to increase albedo....like painting all the roads and roofs white. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! <cite>red sox 777 posted [p:926547125] in Politics C... [t:77959065]...</cite> <quote>LordoftheMorons posted...</cite> <quote>pyresword posted... </cite> <quote>Isn't it physically impossible for that to have the intended effect according to thermodynamics? All the energy used to create the ice still has to go somewhere.</quote>Actually it could potentially be helpful, assuming it didn't just quickly melt again. It's true that creating the iceberg will be a net heat increase, but ice is very reflective (as compared to water, which is a heat sink), so if you're reducing heat absorption from the sun it should probably be a net win for the earth. (No idea if the proposed technology is at all realistic, though). </quote> Yeah, I assume their goal is increasing albedo. But there are probably way more efficient ways to increase albedo....like painting all the roads and roofs white. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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