No.
As so often, what he said is what he MEANT, and what YOU read and thought you understood was a bunch of cotton wool dipped in yoghurt.
He said "The Sun's output is so many JOULES PER SECOND" - that's WATTS. Do you want it in BTU/Hr? or Calories per month?
It doesn't matter where you measure it, how far away you are, or what hat you are wearing. That's how much energy it is producing. From that, you can calculate everything else you need to know. (the diameter of the Sun {hint, this one is comple}, the energy PER SQUARE METRE that the Earth receives {This one is easy}, the lifetime of the Sun {Difficult}, the colour of sunlight {difficult}.
Go and learn some maths, physics, and reading comprehension, then come back here...
Space/Science » in reply to re: Sun's core is where the action is
re: Though I suppose that is what you meant.
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- A warmer Finland
- re: A warmer Finland
- re: A warmer Finland
- Obviously...
- Can't stop that CO2
- The Larsen Ice Shelf
- "Glasser acknowledges that global warming had a major part to play in the collapse," (n/t)
- Media Hype on ´Melting´ Antarctic Ignores Record Ice Growth
- good job linking to a March report instead of current ones
- It isn't just about sea ice. It's the total mass balance of Antarctica
- and the models say increased snowfall in the Antarctic, so no contradiction
- Okay, then Greenland.
- It's the IPCC that counts
- I guess that settles it then.
- never happened
- re: never happened
- speaking of livelihoods, my bet offer is open
- Based on what results?
- re: speaking of livelihoods, my bet offer is open
- speaking of livelihoods, my bet offer is open
- There is a reason it was originally named GREENLAND and not ICELAND. (n/t)
- re: never happened
- never happened
- I guess that settles it then.
- re: Okay, then Greenland.
- It's the IPCC that counts
- Okay, then Greenland.
- and the models say increased snowfall in the Antarctic, so no contradiction
- It isn't just about sea ice. It's the total mass balance of Antarctica
- good job linking to a March report instead of current ones
- Media Hype on ´Melting´ Antarctic Ignores Record Ice Growth
- "Glasser acknowledges that global warming had a major part to play in the collapse," (n/t)
- re: Obviously...
- re: Obviously...
- re: A warmer Finland
- Obviously...
- re: A warmer Finland
- re: A warmer Finland
