tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post3364403669790463616..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: A Clean SunM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-37426616720645410392009-04-28T20:04:00.000+00:002009-04-28T20:04:00.000+00:00And now for the apocalyptic literalist minded:
Re...And now for the apocalyptic literalist minded:<br /><br />Rev 8:12 "When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, a third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them became dark. The day lost its light for a third of the time, as did the night."<br /><br />How large an increase in cosmic radiation flux would be required to increase lower troposphere cloud cover by 1/3 from 1990s optimums?<br /><br />;-)Tom Cuddihyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998611274249390948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-26559871840067312492009-04-28T15:44:00.000+00:002009-04-28T15:44:00.000+00:00Total insolation varies by a minuscule amount, how...Total insolation varies by a minuscule amount, however the UV output difference is big enough to be significant.<br /><br />Also, a quiet sun generates a slower, weaker solar wind. And there are major differences in the solar magnetosphere. <br /><br />The hypothesis that this quiet sun is allowing us to put to the test, is that an active sun deflects galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) and a quiet sun lets more through. GCRs are believed to promote clouds in the lower atmosphere, which would increase Earths's albedo, resulting in cooling.<br /><br />I'm old enough to remember the "coming ice age" hysteria accompanying a cooling trend back in the 1970s. And what do you expect after a cooling trend? Right, a warming trend. Which has ended, and we're cooling again. And the "impending ice age" meme has resurfaced already. A reasonable concern, however, is that we might be entering a multi-decade cooling period like the Dalton Minimum. We just don't know enough about solar cycles to to be sure.LarryDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10955273945502612268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-811794067791268362009-04-28T03:23:00.000+00:002009-04-28T03:23:00.000+00:00when I was a kid we used to have some doozies when...when I was a kid we used to have some doozies when it came to cold winters with lots of snow...<br /><br />if the sun is the culprit for much of the warming that has now been disapating for the last few years, than a few of my friends who think millions will die becuase of global warming and the economy will be destroyed are gonna have egg on thier faces,....<br /><br /><br />less sun activity less radiation? less heat? cooler winters and summers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com