The sun is getting darker.

[SavannahMann]

The output of the sun has been falling, and is 0.1% less than it was during the past couple years. Worse, it is not yet at the bottom of the cycle, and that means it is only going to go down more.

The sun is blank, NASA data shows it to be dimming

To put this into something more easily understandable let’s talk about what 0.1% really means.

A change of 0.1% may not sound like much, but the sun deposits a lot of energy on the Earth, approximately 1,361 watts per square meter. Summed over the globe, a 0.1% variation in this quantity exceeds all of our planet’s other energy sources (such as natural radioactivity in Earth’s core) combined.

We need to start building nuclear reactors now. They offer the only sustainable and reliable energy source for the future that is not subject to variables beyond our control.

 

[Pogo]

The output of the sun has been falling, and is 0.1% less than it was during the past couple years. Worse, it is not yet at the bottom of the cycle, and that means it is only going to go down more.

The sun is blank, NASA data shows it to be dimming

To put this into something more easily understandable let’s talk about what 0.1% really means.

A change of 0.1% may not sound like much, but the sun deposits a lot of energy on the Earth, approximately 1,361 watts per square meter. Summed over the globe, a 0.1% variation in this quantity exceeds all of our planet’s other energy sources (such as natural radioactivity in Earth’s core) combined.

We need to start building nuclear reactors now. They offer the only sustainable and reliable energy source for the future that is not subject to variables beyond our control.

"not subject to variables beyond our control"?

Ever hear of "radiation"?

 

[norwegen]

Maybe we can just turn up the global warming machine.

 

[fncceo]

Of course, the sun gets darker every night.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Of course, the sun gets darker every night.

Yep, darker for some brighter for others!

 

[waltky]

Uncle Ferd says, "At night...

... it goes out altogether."

Granny says it's gonna be...

... a cold winter.

 

[SavannahMann]

The output of the sun has been falling, and is 0.1% less than it was during the past couple years. Worse, it is not yet at the bottom of the cycle, and that means it is only going to go down more.

The sun is blank, NASA data shows it to be dimming

To put this into something more easily understandable let’s talk about what 0.1% really means.

A change of 0.1% may not sound like much, but the sun deposits a lot of energy on the Earth, approximately 1,361 watts per square meter. Summed over the globe, a 0.1% variation in this quantity exceeds all of our planet’s other energy sources (such as natural radioactivity in Earth’s core) combined.

We need to start building nuclear reactors now. They offer the only sustainable and reliable energy source for the future that is not subject to variables beyond our control.

"not subject to variables beyond our control"?

Ever hear of "radiation"?

And radiation is one of those things we can control. We have many decades experience in insulating and containing radiation.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

It's a cycle, the Sun has gone through before. I seem to remember back in the 70's scientist were saying we were due for another ice age.

 

[Old Rocks]

The amount of heat we get from the sun is readily calculated by the physicists. And the amount of heat retained by the GHGs in the atmosphere is also readily calculated. Were we to go into a deep Maunder Minimum, the amount of heat from the GHGs that we have already put into the atmosphere would exceed the amount of cooling from decreased solar output. As far as solar power goes, you would not even notice the decrease in the output of your panels.

 

[SavannahMann]

The amount of heat we get from the sun is readily calculated by the physicists. And the amount of heat retained by the GHGs in the atmosphere is also readily calculated. Were we to go into a deep Maunder Minimum, the amount of heat from the GHGs that we have already put into the atmosphere would exceed the amount of cooling from decreased solar output. As far as solar power goes, you would not even notice the decrease in the output of your panels.

Ok. Where to begin. First. Solar panels don’t work from heat. It is the photons from light that powers them. A dark room no matter how hot will not generate any power.

How Do Solar Panels Work? (with pictures)

Second. Heat alone is not what makes plants grow. They also need light. The year without a summer saw average temperatures fall a single degree. But this was not the problem. The problem was crops failed from frost and reduced sunlight.

Year Without a Summer - Wikipedia

That is the idea behind one of the geo engineering ideas.

Meet the Man with a Cheap and Easy Plan to Stop Global Warming

Or the space shade idea that would reduce the light by .5% to 1%.

Space sunshade - Wikipedia

 

[mamooth]

Solar panels don’t work from heat.

And nobody said or implied that they did, so one wonders why you're bringing up the obvious.

0.1% difference between peak and bottom is normal for the 11-year solar cycle. This thread is hyping nothing unusual.

 

[Old Rocks]

When solar panels are operating at 14% to 20% efficiency, you really think that you will be able to detect a 0.1 % decrease in solar output? LOL

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

I seem to remember back in the 70's scientist were saying we were due for another ice age

That is, of course, a lie. Funny how suddenly a bunch of people "remember that", after a campaign of misinformation a few years ago started spreading that lie .