Sorry I presumed ...
“The Sun releases an estimated 384.6 yotta watts (3.846×1026 watts) of energy in the form of light and other forms of radiation. We are able to survive on Earth because the energy is spread over the area of a sphere with a radius of approximately 93,000,000 miles.
“At the upper reaches of our atmosphere, the energy density of solar radiation is approximately 1,368 W/m2 (watts per square meter). At the Earth’s surface, the energy density is reduced to approximately 1,000 W/m2 for a surface perpendicular to the Sun’s rays at sea level on a clear day”
Amount of watts reaching the Earth’s surface and the Earth’s tilt and distance from the Sun determine the temperature; Earth’s gases have a magnifying or minimizing effect on the overall temperature (depending on the mix and percentages). The Sun also tilts and wobbles.
The surface wattage will be reduced by 4.5 to 6 watts while the Earth moves about 2 million miles (95-96,000,000) further from the Sun due to wobble and eccentricity of orbits. These two effects will make the Earth much cooler, perhaps approaching the Younger Dryas Period (the coldest recent period which followed the Ice Age. This situation will persist for about 350-400 years ...
Adding carbon to the atmosphere is useless and could cause more harm ... so a useless remedy.
The confusion was that you did not include the the unit surface area in your statement.
Exactly. To say that the temperature of something decreases by a certain number of watts is as meaningless as saying that it decreases by a certain number of centimeters.
In other words, where is the Greenhouse Effect when we really need it?
I guess we need to figure out how to lower Earth’s albedo.
PIF,
Where are these quotes from?
I find it suspicious that the Earth’s average distance to the Sun can change by as much as 2 million miles and that this can last for 350-400 years...
The earth is not going to move away from the sun by an additional 2 million miles. There is an annual variation of 3 million miles but that is not new. Someone is implying that the average will increase by 2 million miles. Someone is confused.