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Re:Is air conditioning making cities hotter? by artursapek on Sunday September 10, 2023 @10:02AM (#37455837)
is that dangerous to aircraft?
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Re:Is air conditioning making cities hotter? by mitthrowaway2 on Sunday September 10, 2023 @10:07AM (#37455882)
Aircraft can safely fly over snow, which has albedo if 90%, so it's probably ok.
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Re:Is air conditioning making cities hotter? by ars on Sunday September 10, 2023 @02:32PM (#37458609)
Only if the roof has a lens shape, otherwise it's the same light as what's coming from above which isn't harmful.
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Re:Is air conditioning making cities hotter? by dylan604 on Sunday September 10, 2023 @03:58PM (#37459396)
well, it's 98.1% of the same light, so technically, less harmful
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Re:Is air conditioning making cities hotter? by hinkley on Sunday September 10, 2023 @05:35PM (#37460309)
If the roof scatters the light, probably not.

However if an entire downtown or subdivision does it? Possibly.

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