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by woodandsteel 3255 days ago
>Equatorial solar irradiance is actually higher (closer to 1,050W/m^2) because the equator is just a bit closer to the sun.

No, no, no. Equatorial is higher because the sun is more directly overhead on average than in Kansas.

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That's not how the inverse square law works for photon flux density.