“shade from the solar panels helps reduce evaporation and conserve water”
I wonder if floating enough of these panels could have a cooling on the oceans, by reflecting away sunlight.
But for all I know they could trap heat, or have no effect either way. Just curious.
solar panels by design absorb all the light they can (usually <1%) while oceans reflect about 5-10% back into space so solar panels on top of oceans technically would heat the planet. furthermore the prevented evaporation of water is water that is not forming clouds that would reflect a lot more light back into space.
if we somehow managed to cover the oceans with solar panels it would just from the extra heat absorbed be catastrophic for the climate, even ignoring how the shade would kill most oceanic ecosystems
if we somehow managed to cover the oceans with solar panels
lol well yeah, considering this proposition would require the mobilization of every economy for centuries. the engineering alone would be mind boggling.
i think we would run into problems of there not being enough rare elements needed to build the panels in the first place so technology would need to improve first a ton
“shade from the solar panels helps reduce evaporation and conserve water”
I wonder if floating enough of these panels could have a cooling on the oceans, by reflecting away sunlight.
But for all I know they could trap heat, or have no effect either way. Just curious.
Would there not be marine life under these panels that needs sunlight to survive?
I thought we already gave up on marine life?
solar panels by design absorb all the light they can (usually <1%) while oceans reflect about 5-10% back into space so solar panels on top of oceans technically would heat the planet. furthermore the prevented evaporation of water is water that is not forming clouds that would reflect a lot more light back into space.
if we somehow managed to cover the oceans with solar panels it would just from the extra heat absorbed be catastrophic for the climate, even ignoring how the shade would kill most oceanic ecosystems
lol well yeah, considering this proposition would require the mobilization of every economy for centuries. the engineering alone would be mind boggling.
i think we would run into problems of there not being enough rare elements needed to build the panels in the first place so technology would need to improve first a ton
it’s a silly premise entirely.