Harry--
I just read an item yesterday in "Infinite Energy" Sept 2014 issue that the
Earth is expanding with a delta r of about 22 mm per year. The explanations
did not include the idea that the expansion was due to increasing internal
temperatures and the thermal expansion associated with the higher temperatures.
There were several other explanations provided.
In general it is not well established what the source(s) of the internal heat
in the Earth is/are. They may be increasing as part of a harmonic or random
characteristic of the energy production. It would be nice to get some good
data on the differential temperatures at various distances from the center deep
within the crust to get a good handle on the total heat transfer through the
surface. I have never seen a correlation of total heat changes with volume
changes for the Earth. Such a calculation may exist however. To get a good
idea of the overall heat flux would take good statistics with many data points
given the known crustal thickness variations and the variable hot spots below
the crust and within it confines.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: H Veeder
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Greenhouse HotCat
Dave, for some reason when you start a new thread your message appears in my
spam folder.
I am not sure what you are asking, but the Earth supposedly generates some
heat too. I am not sure how much of this heat contributes to the global
temperature.
Harry
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 1:00 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote:
A thought occurred to me this morning concerning the temperature
measurements and output power calculations from the latest HotCat testing.
What if the same general type of effect is working in the CAT test that is
revealed by the Earth and the greenhouse gas process?
We assume that the Earth is pretty much in equilibrium where the power
arriving from the sun is matching the power being radiated from our planet.
The reason that we are not frozen at this time is because the radiation
spectrum is modified by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which make our
temperature a lot warmer than would be expected for a black body in open space.
Perhaps something can be learned from this comparison and that is why I
open it to discussion amount this group of knowlegible and diverse folks.
One might initially ask if the calibration technique used during the
testing of the HotCat would correct for the potential problems. Why would a
calibration of the heat emitted within the IR region not hold to a reasonable
degree at higher temperatures? Could the change in the shape of the spectrum
result in a large error?
Have mercy on the messenger.
Dave
