This is just a brainstorm idea: I have no idea whether it's feasible. Power plants release amounts of waste heat that exceed the amount of energy they produce. At the rate the heat is produced, it mixes into the surroundings with no dramatic effect. But if the heat from a long period of operation could be released all at once, it would result in convection fairly high into the atmosphere, which could potentially be used to put aerosols into the atmosphere to increase albedo.
Storing heat is much cheaper than storing the same amount of energy mechanically or chemically, but I have no idea whether that much heat could be stored affordably. Nor do I know how readily it could be released all at once, nor how well it would disperse aerosols. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
