> Just a wow number from my meteorology text
> Make "M" equal 1 000 000, then the amount of
> heat transfer across 40 deg latitude is about
>   10MMM cal/day
> And that is only the air, not counting the ocean currents!


Solar insolation / day is about 1.3 kWh/m^2 x disc area in m^2 x 24 
hrs/day kWh
Excelises ...
About 3.7E12 megaWatt hours per day
Albedo sees some of that reflected back.
If we get 10% retained (low?) ...
Hmm - that's about 60 megawatt hours per person per day.

E&OE. Your assumptions may vary.
Do not staple, spindle fold or mutilate. YMMV
Either way, there's a lot of energy there.


        RM

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