tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168620747792092240.post926273903801263119..comments2024-03-27T15:09:59.039-06:00Comments on Wasatch Weather Weenies: Global Warming Hasn't StoppedJim Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15799757451626876963noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168620747792092240.post-14180242298612517072014-03-20T09:26:43.068-06:002014-03-20T09:26:43.068-06:00Rather than "unfathomable", we can call ...Rather than "unfathomable", we can call it "astronomical" :-). If I remember right, the Earth intercepts 175,000 Terrawatts of solar energy. A climate forcing of 0.5 W/m2 integrated across the planet adds up to a total of about 250 TerraWatts, a much smaller number, but the equivalent of 4 small fission bombs per second, and it is accumulating all the time. More at http://www.skepticalscience.com/4-Hiroshima-bombs-worth-of-heat-per-second.html. Jim Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15799757451626876963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168620747792092240.post-56304475366151215292014-03-19T17:12:47.728-06:002014-03-19T17:12:47.728-06:00By 2100, we may reach 1 YJ, a yottajoule, equal to...By 2100, we may reach 1 YJ, a yottajoule, equal to 10^24 Joules!<br /><br />It is quite unfathomable. 275 ZJ is equal to the energy in 3 billion 20 kT nuclear explosions...or the energy required for every one of the 7 billion people of the world to drive a car 20 million miles each...or the energy equivalent of providing every American with electricity for 20,000 years.Adam Varblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991968453822376063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168620747792092240.post-35773238242648418062014-03-19T13:18:22.161-06:002014-03-19T13:18:22.161-06:00The units on the graph are ZJ (zettajoules) 10^21....The units on the graph are ZJ (zettajoules) 10^21. Wow. Whole lotta energy! Thanks Jim as always for your posts.nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02297973659275376858noreply@blogger.com