Steve's total irradiance  data set is erroneous. The statellite  data from
NASA indicates a decline in irradiance since measurements began outside the
atmosphere, with a slight increase but largely there is a decline since
Nov.t 1978 when sats first started taking data on irradiance. To verify for
yourselves please go to this website:

http://xtreme.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/FTP_SITE/INT_DIS/readmes/sol_irrad
.html#201

Steve is taking 'cooked' or skewed data that does not represent what has
actually been meaured, probably from Doctor Steve Molloys 'paid lobbiest'
website for 'debunking good science'.



Data Set Overview

Total solar irradiances are presented for the period November 16, 1978
through December 1997. The measurement program is continuing and additional
years will be added as they become available. This irradiance provides the
energy that powers the Earth's climate and biosphere. It had long been
suspected that the solar energy emitted towards the Earth varied with time
but this was not definitely demonstrated until accurate, self-calibrating
pyrheliometers flown on satellites began to regularly monitor the Sun
(Hickey et al., 1980). The measured solar variations are of the order of
fractions of a percent and atmospheric transmission problems had previously
limited the accuracy of ground based measurements (Willson, 1984). Data from
four experiments are included here: The Nimbus-7 Earth Radiation Budget
(ERB) measurements (November 1978--December 1993), the Active Cavity
Radiometer Irradiance Monitor I (ACRIM I) measurements (February 1980--July
1989) on the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM), the solar monitor measurements
(October 1984--June 1996) on the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS),
and the ACRIM II measurements (October 1991--December 1996) on the Upper
Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). In May 1997 the preliminary ACRIM II
data set (1991-1993) was replaced by the final version which now runs
through December 1997. Both daily and monthly mean values are given. For
ease of comparison all the measurements are converted to the value that
would be obtained at the mean annual Earth to Sun distance.



Characteristics

Parameters: Total solar irradiance
Units: Watts/m^2
Range:
ACRIM I 1364.48 to 1369.71
ACRIM II 1363.75 to 1367.14
ERB 1368.50 to 1374.80
ERBS 1363.10 to 1367.60

Temporal Coverage:
ACRIM I February 16, 1980 through July 14, 1989
ACRIM II October 4, 1991 through December 31, 1997
ERB November 16, 1978 through December 13, 1993
ERBS October 25, 1984 through June 19. 1996
Temporal Resolution: Records are available in both daily and monthly
temporal resolution.

Spatial Coverage: This is satellite orbital data