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Innovative APPROACH

At the current rate of global decarbonization, we cannot meet the 1.5° target; global warming would even exceed 3°C. This would lead to unmanageable and catastrophic consequences. We therefore urgently need an innovative solution for climate stabilization.

LUMOBAG is a radically new approach that uses applied science to combat global warming in a highly efficient way.

The only way to maintain the Earth’s radiation balance in the face of rising CO2 emissions without further increases in temperature is to reduce the amount of energy iradiated by the sun. This is exactly where LUMOBAG comes in. Aluminum-coated sandbags made from recycled materials reflect more than 90 percent of the sun’s rays directly into space. By covering large areas in desert regions with LumoBags, the amount of energy remaining in the climate system can be reduced. LumoBags cool the earth and bring our climate system back into balance.

IMPACT

As soon as a ray of sunlight hits the earth’s surface, it is too late. Its energy is absorbed and heats the ground. The earth radiates the absorbed heat into space as long-wave infrared radiation. The greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hinder this radiation, causing the earth to heat up more and more. LUMOBAG, however, reflects the solar radiation almost completely before it can be converted into heat.

LUMOBAG neutralizes the heating effect of CO2

As a result of the excessive burning of fossil fuels since the beginning of the industrial age, the concentration of the most important greenhouse gas CO2 in the atmosphere is increasing ever faster. As a result, the average temperature on our planet continues to rise. LUMOBAG offsets this effect. One square metre of LUMOBAG reflective surface neutralizes at least the heating effect of the emission of one tonne of CO2.

LUMOBAG cools the Earth

LUMOBAG uses the laws of physics to cool the earth. Reflection does not change the wavelength of the incident solar radiation. Greenhouse gases have no absorption spectra in the wavelength range of solar radiation and therefore cannot hinder radiation into space. As a result, excess energy can be removed from the Earth’s climate system. The rise in temperature is halted.

Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

LUMOBAG compensates for the Earth’s Albedo loss

Global warming is not only driven by greenhouse gases. As a result of rising temperatures, the ice is also melting and the reflection of solar radiation is decreasing. The Arctic is most affected. In the polar region around the North Pole, the temperature is rising faster and more strongly than in other regions of the world. Since 1980, the extent of ice in the Arctic Ocean in late summer has already halved.

The melting of sea ice leads to a drastic reduction in albedo (= reflection of solar energy). While snow-covered sea ice reflects 80-90 % of solar radiation, dark seawater absorbs up to 90 %. This additional energy remains in the climate system and continues to drive global warming. It causes the ice sheet to melt ever faster – a cycle that continues to intensify.

LUMOBAG increases the reflection of solar energy from the earth. In this way, the lost areas of ice can be partially replaced and a contribution made to cooling the polar region. Due to the positioning of LumoBags in areas with the highest solar radiation and their year-round availability, LUMOBAG surfaces even reflect many times more than ice surfaces of the same size.

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