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Originally Posted by Peter Wilson
That just means you are not using a valid model 
The original argument stands: the amount of increase in solar output--without other factors--needed to produce 1.8 degree increase would probably be noticeable to the average sun-bather, and would certainly not escape the notice of scientists who dedicate careers to measuring such things. |
Hmm,
Hansen et al has done this calculation: Earth is absorbing 0.85 w/m^2 more solar energy than it is emitting.
To put that in perspective, the sun's total irradiance is around 1370 W/m^2 with a variance of as much as 2 W/m^2 over its 11 year cycle.