A 60% (or 40%) drop in input energy to the Earth is DEATH.
It’s not a measurement of total energy..It’s the measurement of the effects created by sunspots and cme’s..
I don’t know what the total energy drop, averaged over time would be. Certainly not 60%. But it’s significant because it causes cooling in the same way that 1999-2001 caused warming..
I could do some looking, and see what the percentage of increase of activity in those years was measured at.. I don’t recall it exactly but it was in the vicinity of 30% or so..over the norm.
In any case if they are right, it will be pretty disruptive for those in the northern areas like Canada and Northern Europe..and Russia will have issues..especially up North..
It’s not energy input. It’s sunspot activity, which has a smaller impact on the energy budget, as I understand the article. I can’t give a “real number”, but if the sunspot activity controls ten percent of the energy budget, then 60% reduction in sunspots means 6 percent less energy.
Just my understanding.