Earth's Albedo-Flip greenhouse amplification

[redpoint5]

To go under ambient temperature would require conversion of energy into the specific waverange that can "tunnel" through the atmosphere. Not sure how the paint does this.

The low hanging fruit is to just paint everything commercial white, especially those things that need to be painted for protection in the first place.

[freebeard]

Idonunnerstan.....IF everything is at say 100f how does the paint radiate 15 degrees of temprature in addition to whatever energy it is reflecting?

Not watching two more videos, but the one I did see said that is is equal to titanium dioxide white in the shade but outperforms it in direct sdunlight.

There are other ways to this that don't require paint.

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[freebeard]

Followup to Permalink #73. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com: Widespread wildfires over the western United States in 2020 linked to emissions reductions during COVID-19

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Key Points

• The impacts of COVID-19 emissions reductions on weather conditions for wildfire over the western United States in 2020 were investigated
• The COVID-19 emissions reductions increased surface air temperature and decreased precipitation and relative humidity
• Reductions in aerosols explain one-third of the observed wildfire risk increase, whereas greenhouse gas decrease counteracts this influence

Plain Language Summary
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They say the same thing four different ways.

[aerohead]

We may just want to abandon this thread, along with all the other climate-related materials.
I myself have lost interest.
And while I don't participate at any other websites, Darin's probably correct, that there are other places where these things are, and can be addressed.

[redpoint5]

Hope you're healthy and find your spark again aerohead.

I've learned tons of things over the years and have had an evolution in understanding that began with disbelief that human activity could have a measurable impact on global climate, to perhaps mostly accepting IPCC reported facts and analysis.

The topic still doesn't register in my top 10 most threatening list, but I'm willing to change my level of concern with an evolving understanding. That's not something that usually happens immediately, though I suppose it could if the signal is much louder than the noise.

As an aside, disagreement, stubbornness, and individuality is precisely what makes humanity special among the creatures. Life as homogenous drones in a bee colony is pointless. It's our various takes on our perception of reality that creates meaning and gives us cause. We need never-ending impossible problems to solve, like going to the moon.

[oil pan 4]

Global threats to humans:
#1 is definitely Carrington event. It could happen any time and fry most of the power grids on earth at the same time, only have about 18 hours warning.
#2 volcanism, see 536ad, 2 and a half years long winter, that was only a 1,500 to 2,000 year event.
#3 tsunamis. One killed 250,000 people not that long ago and it could have easily been millions of people.
4# extraterrestrial impactors. It's happened before, it will happen again.
5# governments. Governments have killed hundreds of millions of people in the last 100 years.

I don't even know where global warming would rank. Clearly the "fix" for global warming could be wore than the effects. See Netherlands and Sri Lanka. The only logical conclusion is people will starve. It looks like they "fixed the problem" in Sri Lanka for now.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by aerohead

We may just want to abandon this thread, along with all the other climate-related materials.
I myself have lost interest.
And while I don't participate at any other websites, Darin's probably correct, that there are other places where these things are, and can be addressed.

You're OP, so I will respect your wishes. OTOH, all are welcome at ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/cosmic-catastrophe-38002