Re: Global warming (was: Chernobyl population will continue ... )

["Raymond A. Hoover" <rayhoover@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Actually, the sun's output is know to be variable.  However, I don't 

remember the specifics beyond that, such as range of variation, and whether 

it is a  periodic function or a random variable.





>From: "Tony Harrison" <laharris@SMTPGATE.DPHE.STATE.CO.US>

>Reply-To: "Tony Harrison" <laharris@SMTPGATE.DPHE.STATE.CO.US>

>To: <tgi@bulnet.bg>, <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

>Subject: Re: Global warming (was: Chernobyl  population will continue ... )

>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:14:40 -0600

>

>Years ago someone proposed that ice ages were caused in part by our

>solar system moving through areas with greater concentrations of dust &

>other cosmic debris, effectively cutting off a significant fraction of

>sunlight.  I'm not sure if this theory had much support, or if it is

>taken seriously now, but it has a certain plausibility.  If true, I

>expect that such influences would swamp any effect from human activity.

>Maybe someone out there knows more, specifically whether changes in

>solar radiation, cyclic or not, are factored into the models used to

>estimate global warming.

>

>Tony Harrison

>

> >>> Dimiter Popoff <tgi@bulnet.bg> 04/25/01 07:57AM >>>

>

>Does anyone know how (if?) the Solar energy output measured on Earth

>varies over time? Could it be the global warming is just a result of

>increased Sun activity and all the rest has been talk?

>BTW, I am not  saying we don't have to reduce CO2 emissions - we are

>likely to need to breathe for some time to come - I just wonder if

>anyone would know these particular figures.

>Chris Hofmeyr provided some very interesting ones so far.

>

>Curious,

>

>Dimiter

>

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