True that I'm showing my real geek colors here but...eceive
One one-billionth of the Sun's total energy output actually reaches the Earth. Of all the energy that does reach Earth, slightly less than 34 percent is reflected back to space by clouds. The Earth itself reflects another 66 percent back to space.
I've had a stout Captain n Coke and I thought this would be a great conversation starter... and to think that the coal that we burn is stored sunshine from millions of years ago from the process of photosynthesis.. it's freaking amazing!! And said stored sunshine from millions of years ago is released to keep us warm.
That "slightly less" part in the above quote is the energy that is being used and/or being stored by natural occurrences..