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[-] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year 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.

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year 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@kbin.social 2 points 1 year 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.

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