/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12604373
Germany is not sunny at all. If it works there it even works in Alaska.

>>12333729
this might be interesting as well

>>12109753
Two options would be stratospheric sulfur aerosol injections, and marine cloud brightening. The first involves putting a bunch of sulfur aerosols high into the atmosphere, via balloons or perhaps artillery shells, which then reflect a small portion of sunlight. This is very similar to what happens naturally with volcanic eruptions. Marine cloud brightening would require a bunch of automated wind powered ships be launched, which then churn out a bunch of sea salt mist, creating more & brighter clouds to reflect sunlight. Existing shipping already does this on a small but detectable scale.

Both of these methods are estimated to be able to stop any plausible warming effect. And for fairly cheap too; like in the $10-$20 billion annually range. Not just China could do it, but larger tropical countries like India, Brazil, or Indonesia would be able implement them single handedly. The downside of these methods is that they only halt the general warming; there would still be shifts in rain patterns & ocean acidification to worry about. Still they are enough to rule out any of the dooms day scenarios. They do also have to constantly maintained, which is both a plus & minus; if there are unforeseen issues, or someone invents fusion cheap enough that making graphite bricks from CO2 is an option, you can halt the programs with little lingering effects. But obviously if people stop running building new cloud boats or launching sulfur aerosol ballons, you could get that doomsday scenerio. But I figure that a potential doomsday decades down the line is better than a certain one now.

>>11785260
there is a difference between putting panels on your roof in Alaska and utility scale in Arizona

>>11566585
it varies with location

>>11331419
it strongly depends on prices for electricity and some other factors as you can see here >>11329966

Electricity in Europe is usually quite expensive and there are subsidies in many nations. Putting solar on your roof will make you money. Even in less sunny regions like northern Germany.

>>11328400
Better place your panels in a sunny region. But meanwhile panels are so cheap it makes sense in Alaska and even Germany

>>11123464
>Europe actually did something
That's what happened and if even Europe can do it everybody else can do it better, Especially since now we got solar power and most of the world is more sunny then Europe.

>>11108304
solar is good enough, even in places like Germany or Alaska, but the highest demand for new power plants is in developing nations, Africa, south Asia, central and south America, these regions are famous for being sunny and there is no winter

>>10995729
>That's because solar power will not work in Germany because it does not get enough sun

Germany is great for wind. But it's one of the worst possible places for solar power. But solar panels became so cheap it's viable everywhere. Even in Germany.

>>10159668
as you can see here >>10152947 utility scale pv is much cheaper then thermal tower with storage

concentrators only work in sunny regions while PV panels work almost everywhere

>>10133292
>>10133581
Germany actually produces MORE solar electricity than America does with the fucking incidence of ALASKA. America is just too capitalist to even bother to try.

>>10133609
So basically like capitalism.