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The Sun imparts about 7.6 kWh/m²/day at the equator. Suppose the area of the equatorial oceans is about 100M km². That's 2.41e21 J/day potential of hitting oc
by burnt-resistor 5mo ago
The Sun imparts about 7.6 kWh/m²/day at the equator.
Suppose the area of the equatorial oceans is about 100M km².
That's 2.41e21 J/day potential of hitting oceans, but not entirely absorbed. Put another way: about ⅓ the energy of all natural gas reserves as solar radiation per day.