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Would covering part of Lake Mead with large sheets of bubble wrap reduce the amount of water lost to evaporation?
Evaporation requires energy (~680 kWh / m³ water) and as always this is mainly supplied by the sun. At Lake Mead I estimate ~ 2000 kWh/m² per year of incoming solar radiation.
A highly reflective ...
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