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Old 22-April-2007, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by korjik View Post
My point is that the relationship is not linear or constant. If a small increase, or even a decrease, causes a mode change, that could end up changing temperatures a lot more than a simple linear relationship. The relationship is not n watts = k Kelvins. There is alot more too it than that.
Correct it's a Inverse Square over distance of the energy output of the sun, modified by the size of the sun verses the size of the earth.

So any small change on earth caused by the sun, would be extreamly noticibale on the sun, because the amount of energy reaching earth is basicly an inverse square over the distance.
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