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john t
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Does use of solar panels or other radiation capturing technologies in itself warm the earth? Since solar energy is radiated partially back to space, then, when a portion of it is captured and converted to electricity which performs work and rseleases heat (e.g. in transmission lines) it would seem we are radiating less back to space. Or, in fact does that released energy on Earth wind up going back to space just as efficiently through infrared radiation.