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synthllama 10 points 3 years ago
To be fair, I think the idea would be to change the albedo of Earth so that more sunlight is reflected back into space. But it would need to reflect more light/heat than it produces in waste heat for the refrigeration, who wants to do the math?
buckykat 11 points 3 years ago
Not just the waste heat from the refrigeration, but also the warming from the carbon emitted running the refrigeration and running the ships, plus the waste heat from desalinating the water.
The idea is from an architectural design contest, not any kind of actual climate scientist. ABC news went and asked an actual climate scientist about it:
“It’s like trying to save the sand castle you built at the beach using a dixie cup as the tide comes in,” Michael Mann, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Penn State, said of the iceberg-making proposal.
Anti_Weeb_Penguin 21 points 3 years ago
Wait, what about the energy that takes to make the ice?
UsedRealNameB4 3 points 3 years ago
You just use the ice around to freeze more water. Unlimited ice babyyyy /s
HerrLewakaas 10 points 3 years ago
This really is the stupidest timeline
Alex-Hyatt687 7 points 3 years ago
this'll make one hell of a game of Heroscape
Captain_Jimmy_T_Kirk 6 points 3 years ago
Thus solving the problem once and for all
Discoslugs 2 points 3 years ago
Once and for all!
dsmaster7173 1 point 3 years ago
tbf this would increase earth's albedo and reflect more light into space
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