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artursapek
on Sept 10, 2023
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Is air conditioning making cities hotter?
is that dangerous to aircraft?
mitthrowaway2
on Sept 10, 2023
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Aircraft can safely fly over snow, which has albedo if 90%, so it's probably ok.
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Only if the roof has a lens shape, otherwise it's the same light as what's coming from above which isn't harmful.
dylan604
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well, it's 98.1% of the same light, so technically, less harmful
hinkley
on Sept 10, 2023
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If the roof scatters the light, probably not.
However if an entire downtown or subdivision does it? Possibly.
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