tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post1621032685207024958..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: It Is UncertainM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-15710695794872463412007-05-27T16:24:00.000+00:002007-05-27T16:24:00.000+00:00There has been quite a bit of critique of this pos...There has been quite a bit of critique of this posting at Simon's companion blob:<BR/>http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/<BR/>2007/05/it_is_uncertain.html#comments<BR/><BR/>Rather than post that here as well, I recommend readers to look there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-65265464188364215492007-05-25T01:13:00.000+00:002007-05-25T01:13:00.000+00:00Thanks Tom!,I was wondering about that (as you can...Thanks Tom!,<BR/><BR/>I was wondering about that (as you can tell).M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-72087739065553000592007-05-24T14:29:00.000+00:002007-05-24T14:29:00.000+00:00I saw that value of 1490 w/m2 is an accurate numbe...I saw that value of 1490 w/m2 is an accurate number for "solar" flux at the moon. However, only ~1366 is due to the direct effect of the sun. The rest is obtained from earthshine reflected from the earth.Tom Cuddihyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998611274249390948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-84713898930159521822007-05-22T18:53:00.000+00:002007-05-22T18:53:00.000+00:00Tom,You are so right!However, it is worse than tha...Tom,<BR/><BR/>You are so right!<BR/><BR/>However, it is worse than that.<BR/><BR/>The official value for the Earth is 1366 w/m^2.<BR/><BR/>For the moon it is 1491.<BR/><BR/>Quite a difference!M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-89597623727715029532007-05-22T11:50:00.000+00:002007-05-22T11:50:00.000+00:00The ironic statement here is that the solar consta...The ironic statement here is that the solar constant is not in any way "hard to quantify." It's a simple measurement of the intensity of light at 1 AU. It's only valid if taken above the atmosphere, so our data only goes back to the late 60's when we had enough sophisticated satellites up to get real measurements.<BR/><BR/>To me that fact represents the state of climate science: that the most obvious, and majority component of global temperature, solar insolation, is described as variously a "minority" component, "hard to quantify," etc. It's clear evidence of the utterly unscientific nature of the global warming phenomenom.Tom Cuddihyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998611274249390948noreply@blogger.com