http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/sun-energy-reloaded-or-make-it-look-nicer/ A Sankey diagram says more than 1000 pie charts Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:12:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/sun-energy-reloaded-or-make-it-look-nicer/comment-page-1/#comment-5421 Rob Knapp Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:50:17 +0000 http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/?p=92#comment-5421 The remake is very handsome, a definite improvement graphically. Unfortunately, I think the numbers are wrong. Chasing back to the original original (NASA), which is in terms of percentages, I think the right reading is that every percentage is in relation to the original total solar input. So the total outgoing energy, reflected, re-emitted and all that, should total the same as the total incoming. And that has to be happening physically, within a tiny fraction, or the Earth would be steadily heating in a dramatic way. The remake is very handsome, a definite improvement graphically. Unfortunately, I think the numbers are wrong. Chasing back to the original original (NASA), which is in terms of percentages, I think the right reading is that every percentage is in relation to the original total solar input. So the total outgoing energy, reflected, re-emitted and all that, should total the same as the total incoming. And that has to be happening physically, within a tiny fraction, or the Earth would be steadily heating in a dramatic way.

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