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Oh....... it DOES trap heat...................... to a very, very small degree which is completely inconsequential. Here is the most basic primer I have found which explains the absorbtion spectra of CO2 and in very simple language demonstrates how energy transfer occurs in the atmosphere and why CO2 is a very small part of "warming".
This is about as basic as it gets. Read it (most won't) and it gives you an appreciation that CO2 is not like some "reflective mirror" which sends energy back to earth (as Al Gore would have you believe).
The salient issue is the 15 micron point in the spectra (related to CO2) and what percent of that contributes to actual atmospheric warming, independent of other gases.
Do you need to be reminded yet again that your source is a freakin pseudoscience conspiracy blog by a 'mushroom physiologist' with no background in physics?
You really should stop trying to pretend you have a clue what you're talking about or that you have any credibility at all when posting crap like that.
I read it. It was hilarious. It's even more hilarious that you think it's credible.
I apologise that it's a serious article published in a reputable science Journal and written by physicists, and not the more entertaining junk science conspiracy blog rubbish written by a 'mushroom physiologist' with no background in physics that 'Hawkeye the pseudoscience guy' provided.
I believe the warming is caused by all the energy used by the argument between the believers on each side.
I am not all that concerned with the mean temperatures but with the extremes in any location I happen to inhabit. 20 deg. below zero kills some of my decorative plants and bursts pipes that are expensive to fix. 100 Deg. and above place high stresses on my heart and has to be countered with costly air conditioning.
So the schools aren't allowed to TEACH something, that at this point, would be categorically wrong / incorrect / not factual based? What's the issue?
Apparently some people want their children to have a decent, science-free education where they can learn about things like baby dinosaurs on Noah's Ark.
There are 3 mechanisms for heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation. 'Transduction' is NOT a term used in atmospheric heat transfer. Apparently it's you who is "simply too dense" to understand atmospheric thermodynamics and how convection and radiative heat transfer play a role. That's not surprising as you don't seem to know the difference between pseudoscience nonsense from a conspiracy blog and legitmate science from a credible source.
Perhaps this 2011 article published in Physics Today that I've posted a number of times in the past might help you understand better (rather than the ridiculous pseudoscience rubbish from the 'greenhouse' effect denying 'mushroom physiologist' conspiracy blogger you used as a 'source' )
or read pretty much any textbook on Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry
It's really very amusing to see you delude yourself and mindlessly swallow and regurgitate non-science rubbish from your links to pseudoscience conspiracy blogs while narcissistically beating your chest and claiming everyone else is ignorant and no-one else other than you has any 'knowledge of science'. Who are you trying to fool? Yourself?
You post garbage internet links and call them science. Given that you lack any scientific knowledge, degrees or training, you have only "Google" as your "expertise" and it is embarassing.
1. Please post your academic scientific degrees- I gave you mine and you chose to post personal information without my consent. You have NO DEGREES in ANY scientific field, yet suggest that you know physics! LOL! You have obviously revealed that you know nothing of physics, which is why you believe in the AGW cult.
2. You lack any understanding regarding aborbtion of "black body" radiation from the planet.
3. You do not understand the fact that CO2 absorbs IR radiation over the 15 micron range, which is only 8% of all IR radiation.
4. You fail to understand that IR radiation translates to "heat" through vibration of the CO2 molecule. This "heat" translated from the IR radiation is emitted in all directions, not jsut back to earth.
5. The level at which CO2 reaches saturation is at 10m. The AGW cult has presumed that the atmosphreric distribution of CO2 and the ability of CO2 to absorb IR radiation is uniform throughout the limits of the atmosphere, which is completely false.
6. You do not understand that the width of the absorbtion spectra for H20 vapor is 30X that of CO2 and this reflects the fact that water vapor is a far more "menacing" green house gas. To you, all molecules absorb and emit all spectra of IR radiation and the concentration of those molecules is irrelevant. This shows how very, very little you understand about thermodynamics.
7. You do not understand that radiation transmitted to a molecule can result in changes of electron states, which emits no radiation, and not all radiation transmitted to a molecule results in vibration.
Do you realize how ridiculous you appear by claiming this supreme knowledge of physics with no formal training and no degrees? It is simply hilarious! LOL!
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Apparently some people want their children to have a decent, science-free education where they can learn about things like baby dinosaurs on Noah's Ark.
Thank goodness for parochial schools that resist left wing indoctrination.
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