Comments on: Reader questions – Part 1 of 4 http://globalwarming-factorfiction.com/2008/03/03/reader-questions-part-1-of-4/ Dedicated to the balanced discussion of global warming Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:02:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: admin http://globalwarming-factorfiction.com/2008/03/03/reader-questions-part-1-of-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4120 admin Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:56:38 +0000 http://globalwarming-factorfiction.com/2008/03/03/reader-questions-part-1-of-4/#comment-4120 Tom - thank you for your comment. I don't believe that there has been a consensus on a "perfect" temperature for the planet. IMO you are correct that the change in temperatures are fairly small if factored from absolute zero. But the real issue is how does that temperature change affect living beings in the temperature range that we live in. Tom – thank you for your comment. I don’t believe that there has been a consensus on a “perfect” temperature for the planet. IMO you are correct that the change in temperatures are fairly small if factored from absolute zero. But the real issue is how does that temperature change affect living beings in the temperature range that we live in.

]]> By: Tom Kiser http://globalwarming-factorfiction.com/2008/03/03/reader-questions-part-1-of-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4112 Tom Kiser Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:20:36 +0000 http://globalwarming-factorfiction.com/2008/03/03/reader-questions-part-1-of-4/#comment-4112 Do you know what temperature is being assumed as a baseline temperature for the planet's surface to which ambient surface temperatures are being referenced? It seems to me that it should be the app. 3 degrees Kelvin, or about -454 degrees Fahrenheit, background temperature of interstellar or intergalactic space. That's the approximate temperature at which the surface of the planet would reach entropy if insolation was reduced to 0. It seems to me that the assumed baseline temperature would be a critical factor in calculating the effects of 'x' percent decrease in solar irradiance, thus a corresponding decline of insolation at the surface of the Earth. After all, 1% has no specific meaning unless it is 1% of some specific number. Do you know what temperature is being assumed as a baseline temperature for the planet’s surface to which ambient surface temperatures are being referenced?

It seems to me that it should be the app. 3 degrees Kelvin, or about -454 degrees Fahrenheit, background temperature of interstellar or intergalactic space. That’s the approximate temperature at which the surface of the planet would reach entropy if insolation was reduced to 0.

It seems to me that the assumed baseline temperature would be a critical factor in calculating the effects of ‘x’ percent decrease in solar irradiance, thus a corresponding decline of insolation at the surface of the Earth.

After all, 1% has no specific meaning unless it is 1% of some specific number.

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