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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

On 6/7/07, VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> There is, of course, a downside to everything.   I've
> seen a study that indicated that, if solar became our
> primary source of energy, much of the sun's heat that
> currently is reflected away, would be retained on the
> earth.  So much heat would be retained that could
> cause it's own global warming.

Can you remember who did the study? It seems that sunlight either
reaches Earth or is reflected away. If it hits a plant, then the
energy is transformed, but it's still on Earth. I'm curious to know
how that would work (unless the solar collectors were outside the
atmosphere?)

Marie