Solar Panel Output Power
Would a solar powered microwave generator warm the planet?
Assume that the albedo of the solar panel is equal to the albedo of the surrounding land, and that the generator is not a blackbody, so that 100% of its power output falls within the microwave band.
Will this device warm the planet more than if it did not exist at all? Or would the visible light converted into electricity by the solar panel equally and exactly offset the energy contribution to the atmosphere from the microwaves, thus keeping total energy (and thus temperature) constant?
wouldn’t make any difference.
most of the microwave energy would be lost in space.
reflected light is also lost.
there was a pretty good weather channel special that pointed out that 95% of solar heating is absorbed by the oceans.
that’s why it’s not generally visible outside your front door.
it’s also why solutions that address the ocean are far more important.
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