--- Rick Littrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
'clip' > What about > the > energy that is used to drive the activity on the planet; the > mechanical > energy in the wind, chemical reactions the atmosphere and oceans and > in > biological activity, etc. Is this subtracted from what you expect > to These activities all eventually convert the energy to heat which would end up being radiated. > find radiated back out into space or is it just a negligible amount > compared to the total energy flux from the sun. 'clip' > Rick > > bob allen wrote: > 'clip' > > Why? The greenhouse effect of the atmosphere. The combined effect > of > > the water vapor, CO2, and other radiatively forcing gasses provide > a > > "blanket" that maintains the temperature about 33 degrees above > what > > it would be with out the atmosphere. > > I assume there would also be some surface heating from heat transfer from the molten core. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
