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Dec 12, 2020 at 13:03 history bumped CommunityBot This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed.
Nov 12, 2020 at 15:21 comment added Criticizing Israel not allowed Even if you had a perfectly insulating greenhouse (physics now, not engineering), eventually the temperature will get hot enough that the things in the greenhouse will emit the same radiation as the sun, which will go out through the greenhouse because the greenhouse doesn't block those frequencies.
Nov 12, 2020 at 11:57 history edited Mahendra Gunawardena CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nov 12, 2020 at 2:06 comment added StainlessSteelRat Then you will need a thermal sink like water to capture and store the heat. Energy moves from higher to lower. Sun heats up greenhouse, but glass has a high thermal transmission, so heat will escape from the glass if there is a temperature differential.
Nov 12, 2020 at 1:07 comment added gijoe @fred_dot_u Sorry if mistakenly understood, I would emphasize the objective to trap sun heat the most (which i assume how to maintain existing heat from getting lost while keeping heat from the sun constantly striking - as in greenhouse), not specifically for plant uses though
Nov 12, 2020 at 0:48 comment added fred_dot_u The quoted portion regarding "perfectly insulated container" is unrealistic. The level of insulation and heat retention is related to how much money one wishes to throw at a project. Aerogel walls (transparent and high insulating) would be astronomically priced, just as an example. Black surface metal means no light passes. How would the plants feel about that aspect? If sunlight is not part of the program, it's not a green house.
Nov 12, 2020 at 0:23 history asked gijoe CC BY-SA 4.0