Open AccessReply to Comment on “Long‐Term Global Heating From Energy Use”
Author(s) -
Chaisson Eric
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2008eo510007
Subject(s) - term (time) , gadget , argument (complex analysis) , energy (signal processing) , law and economics , meteorology , economics , computer science , geography , physics , chemistry , biochemistry , algorithm , quantum mechanics
I was completely unaware of Budyko's 1969 article in a journal unfamiliar to most astrophysicists, nor was I privy to policy‐maker concerns inside the Soviet Union more than 40 years ago. What I am sure of is that my article does not predict, as claimed by Budyko, that humankind's waste heat on Earth will equal that of the Sun within 150 years—far from it. Furthermore, my article addresses not merely waste heat; my argument is that every energy‐using gadget dissipates all of its energy at some temperature, whether it is efficient or not.