• @[email protected]
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    28 months ago

    I wonder how much sunlight we can convert into stored energy until we are non-trivially detracting from the amount of energy that reaches the earth’s surface.

    It’s probably an absurd proportion of solar panel coverage.

    • @[email protected]
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      28 months ago

      until we are non-trivially detracting from the amount of energy that reaches the earth’s surface.

      I think I just found the solution to climate change boys 😎

    • Pons_Aelius
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      28 months ago

      Surface area of the earth: 510,064,472 km²

      So at any moment ~255…000.000 km² of the earth is hit with solar radiation. I think we have a while before it becomes an issue.