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LOL no. Humanity’s heat sources (burning fossil fuels, fission, geothermal) are a drop in the bucket compared to solar irradiation and the resulting heat.
by tomp 4y ago
LOL no. Humanity’s heat sources (burning fossil fuels, fission, geothermal) are a drop in the bucket compared to solar irradiation and the resulting heat.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoLol no the bucket's about 5% full, we couldn't even all live as wealthy americnans do now. Current primary energy: 17TW Total insolation: ~ 180PW Total GHG forcing: 5W/m^2 Ratio of insolation to total forcing: 40:1 USA domestic and imported primary energy per capita: 14kW Ratio to world average: 7 Remaining headroom above US averag for 5W/m^2 (catastrophuc climate change): 75kW per person. Remaining headroom above US average for 1W/m^2 (still bad): 3kW per person