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I've been getting the impression from western science outlets that the TSI was increasing!
Zonal average ultraviolet irradiance (flux ultraviolet, FUV) reaching the Earth's surface has significantly increased since 1979... Zonal average ultraviolet irradiance (flux ultraviolet, FUV) reaching the Earth's surface has significantly increased since 1979....
There is increasing evidence that the amount of solar radiation incident at the Earth's surface is not stable over the years but undergoes significant decadal variations. Here I review the evidence for these changes, their magnitude, their possible causes, their representation in climate models, and their potential implications for climate change. The various studies analyzing long-term records of surface radiation measurements suggest a widespread decrease in surface solar radiation between the 1950s and 1980s (“global dimming”), with a partial recovery more recently at many locations (“brightening”). There are also some indications for an “early brightening” in the first part of the 20th century. These variations are in line with independent long-term observations of sunshine duration, diurnal temperature range, pan evaporation, and, more recently, satellite-derived estimates, which add credibility to the existence of these changes and their larger-scale significance....
Tsurugi
Titan is pre-biotic(has organics, but no organisms...that we know of)
crimvelvet
reply to post by theantediluvian
You're using the term "hydrocarbons" quite loosely: on Titan for instance, we're talking about lakes of methane and clouds of methane and ethane (C2H6). This is a far cry from crude oil which contains various mixtures of hydrocarbons along with a lot of other things
Well it is obvious you are not a scientist much less a chemist because you obviously do not understand what a hydrocarbon is.
From Purdue University who has a very good chemistry department: Compounds that contain only carbon and hydrogen are known as hydrocarbons.
Methane is CH4 and hydrocarbons go from Methane to plastics like Polyethylene
Signed, A CHEMIST
This means some or all of Earth's hydrocarbons may be abiotic
Which means hydrocarbon fuels are not necessarily comprised of ancient jungles full of lizards
Which means hydrocarbons are not "fossil" fuels
Which means they are not necessarily non-renewable
This has been known, or at least indicated, since the 1980s
...and yet everyone in the media and in academia have persisted in referring to Terran hydrocarbons as "fossil fuels"
Pejeu
It is far more likely Titan is not pre-biotic.
All your scaffolding is based on the simple yet arbitrary assumption it is.
Tsurugi
Titan is pre-biotic(has organics, but no organisms...that we know of)
Yes! But they are still on the surface, which means their carbon is not "trapped", it is still in cycle.