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I'm guessing `insolation` turns you into a clean energy source. Can't imagine it's good for the immediate surroundings though.
by codeduck 5y ago
I'm guessing `insolation` turns you into a clean energy source. Can't imagine it's good for the immediate surroundings though.
- nicoburns 5y ago> Can't imagine it's good for the immediate surroundings though. Not sure about that. Plants absolutely love insolation!
- labster 5y agoNah, insolation is fine, so long as you keep it below 1362 W/m2 or so.
- dotancohen 5y agoEither GP poster is very, very tall (and can't breathe up there), or he's probably getting only about 300 W/m2 or so.
- labster 5y agoAt that level he could be on Mars near the equator, and it’s hard to breathe there, too.
- dotancohen 5y agoInteresting, so Mars' surface level insolation is similar to Earth's surface-level insolation, due to having less atmosphere? That makes solar power - and the Sabatier process - seem more feasible that I initially thought. I understand that Martian orbiters do require much larger solar panels than terrestrial scientific satellites with similar sensor packages.
- labster 5y agoI was researching before posting and I think I saw something like 40% in a paper, which is much more than the naive 25% you’d get at 2au. But for things like heating, latitude makes a big difference. I did some calculations for a fanfic I wrote, and at a moderate 30°N or so, you basically get the same insolation as Rovaniemi in Finland assuming similar atmospheres. No wonder those characters never got sunburns.
- bottled_poe 5y agoStill better than immolation.
- bregma 5y agoSet a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man afire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
- dotancohen 5y agoYet my ex would rank innoculation as even worse.