Michel Jullian wrote: > Well, let's work it out. Your scenario of mankind dissipating through cheap nuclear processes 10,000 times more heat than their current energy use 10^18 J/day would mean doubling roughly the Earth's present 10^22 J/day radiated power (almost 100% solar presently). > > Black body radiated power P goes as T to the power 4 (cf e.g.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_body ) so T goes as P to the power 1/4. > > Therefore if P is doubled, T is multiplied by 2^(1/4) = 1.2, which takes us from our present ~300K to ~360K. > > That's a 60°C global warming if I am not mistaken. If a means to eliminate excess heat more efficiently than passive radiation is not found then unlimited power generation will be very dangerous indeed! > > Michel
Also it moves the peak blackbody radiation wavenumber from 528 cm-1 to 666 cm-1. Nice number, lol. :-) Regards, Paul Lowrance ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
