May. 09, 2022
May 9, 2022
Primary emphasis in climate change has been focused on co2 and its impact on heat escaping the atmosphere via absorption and reemission restriction. However the primary problem with heat accumulation for earth is and has always been the planet's albedo. No matter what other aspects companyies are required to report on, they should also be required to report on what if anything they are doing to increase the albedo of the earth locally and globally. The current estimated albedo is around .31 which is close to the level the earth was prior to the meteoric/cometary impact 65 million years ago which raised the albedo above .4 as the earth recovered from the impact and resulting atmospheric cloud and dust cover. To mitigate the return to historically average normal albedo of earth over last 1.5 billion years (.3) and return to the relatively \"normal\" (during the period of human evolution) albedo we would have to artificially raise the albedo above something like .38. This would requir
e a global effort to manage surface reflectance which would probably be easier than trying to control co2 and methane emissions. Particularly given countries like Russia and China that will benefit greatly from global warming and could use vast methane sources (tundra emissions, etc.) to make it difficult for the rest of the world to achieve and lasting control of GH gas levels. Of course, much greater detail is required to explain and relate albedo to the problem but I would emphasize that for a long term solution albedo(the actual cause of the heat) must be \"managed\".