What would happen if? you heatsink earth and space

[fredey]

It is a thought I just thought of with all the wonderful attention that climate change has been getting recently. The thought goes as follows:
The world has ever increasing entropy as the whole universe has so. With humans adding to this effect even if green house gases curbed due to this fundamental principle energy is always added to the system.
So you take the concept of space elevators and use highly thermally conductive carbon structures and heatsink Earth with space, I wonder, what effects this would have and at what scales this would have any effect.

P. S. If the Earth does heat up wouldn't that mean larger creatures would roam the Earth kind cool.

 

[Simon Bridge]

Welcome to PF;
The heatsinks would have to be in a shadow or they would heat up from sunlight.
I think you need to look up "radiative cooling" and "blackbody radiation".

If the Earth did heat up and nothing else changed then there would probably be less reason for creatures to grow large ... very large creatures may have trouble dumping their excess heat. This would be an evolutionary time scale change though.
Generally the warming of the Earth is considered bad news as other things are expected to change as a result.

 

[Huyen401]

I think this is an interesting idea to consider. While it's true that the universe as a whole has increasing entropy, it's important to note that localized systems, such as Earth, can still decrease their entropy by exchanging energy with their surroundings. So while the overall entropy may still be increasing, Earth can still maintain a relatively stable state.

Regarding your idea of using space elevators and conductive carbon structures to heat sink Earth, I'm not sure how feasible that would be. It would require a massive amount of resources and technology to build and maintain such a system. And even if it were possible, there could be unintended consequences and unknown effects on Earth's climate.

As for the potential for larger creatures to roam the Earth if it does heat up, it's hard to say. Climate change can have unpredictable effects on ecosystems and species, so it's difficult to make any definitive statements about what may happen. It's important for us to focus on mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change rather than speculating about potential benefits.