Re:How Japan Plans to Build an Orbital Solar Farm
by Tloewald on Friday April 25, 2014 @10:52AM
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So with a magic wand and an incredible amount of money we'll only make the problem slightly worse.
And it's not clear how slightly -- climate change is being caused by accumulation of greenhouse gases during a period of reduced solar output (cyclical fluctuation of 0.1%). BTW 0.02% seems like a lot more when compared to the sun's cyclical variation of 0.1% (which has measurable effects) and suspected historical variations of perhaps 3% that caused ice ages.
And it's not clear how slightly -- climate change is being caused by accumulation of greenhouse gases during a period of reduced solar output (cyclical fluctuation of 0.1%). BTW 0.02% seems like a lot more when compared to the sun's cyclical variation of 0.1% (which has measurable effects) and suspected historical variations of perhaps 3% that caused ice ages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_variation
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/08...