Overall, what matters, it is the total amount of solar energy that the surface absorbs. (sciencedaily.com)
Until now, even climatologists have assumed that their models simulate different temperature rises because they respond with different degrees of sensitivity to increased amounts of solar energy in the atmosphere. (sciencedaily.com)
Because given the vast amount of solar energy available to us, and given the rapidly increasing efficiency and even more rapidly plummeting cost of solar technology, and given the extreme simplicity and ease of manufacturing that technology anywhere from abundant and recyclable materials, it's going to be hard to stop people everywhere from getting their hands on a vast new source of energy. (realclimate.org)