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We're not talking about just a one-time pulse of heat, it would be a constant stream of energy. To maintain the same radiant balance the Earth's surface would need to reach a higher equilibrium temperature.

We currently have an energy budget that's 0.1% of insolation (and compounding growth at 2-5% per year), so if SBSP actually scales to its market opportunity then the effect could certainly be large enough to matter.



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