Thread by @ncdave4life

@JulesBywaterLee @NikolovScience @Kenneth72712993 @TheDisproof @swcrisis @EthonRaptor @KCTaz @Spencerfletch0 @ClimatePoet @OscarsWild1 @JoeTheAtheist @Albert_Redstone @insane_voice @PolAnimalAus @WadeKendall4 @AtomsksSanakan @JsharkJill @CymaticWave @Gladfly1 @PierreTherrie14 @GillesnFio @DawnTJ90 @Tokyo_Tom @Foresaken1 @Jamz129 @Vieux_Rhone @dvibrationz @Schtickery @pinangodan @FrankWi74044551 @AOECOIN @Bananenrijperij @KGrumpallo @stevethib @FrankChanged @ElQuesoSabio @Creamih8 @Vulgar_wit @MATTP1949 @whyofweb @su_js1 @Silence54994655 @TyotoRiffle @AlanBlackMD @ideapalooza Ned, even if CO2 weren't used to make insulation (but it is!), that would have nothing to do with how CO2 helps warm the Earth.


Jules, CO2 does not reflect longwave light.

It absorbs LW light. It also emits LW light. But it doesn't reflect LW light.

@JulesBywaterLee @NikolovScience @Kenneth72712993 @TheDisproof @swcrisis @EthonRaptor @KCTaz @Spencerfletch0 @ClimatePoet @OscarsWild1 @JoeTheAtheist @Albert_Redstone @insane_voice @PolAnimalAus @WadeKendall4 @AtomsksSanakan @JsharkJill @CymaticWave @Gladfly1 @PierreTherrie14 @GillesnFio @DawnTJ90 @Tokyo_Tom @Foresaken1 @Jamz129 @Vieux_Rhone @dvibrationz @Schtickery @pinangodan @FrankWi74044551 @AOECOIN @Bananenrijperij @KGrumpallo @stevethib @FrankChanged @ElQuesoSabio @Creamih8 @Vulgar_wit @MATTP1949 @whyofweb @su_js1 @Silence54994655 @TyotoRiffle @AlanBlackMD @ideapalooza So-called (albeit misnamed) GHGs are colorants. They tint the atmosphere, though in the far infrared, rather than visible part of the spectrum. It doesn't take much "colorant" to have a substantial effect on absorption of radiation.
en.rattibha.com/thread/1400027…

@JulesBywaterLee @NikolovScience @Kenneth72712993 @TheDisproof @swcrisis @EthonRaptor @KCTaz @Spencerfletch0 @ClimatePoet @OscarsWild1 @JoeTheAtheist @Albert_Redstone @insane_voice @PolAnimalAus @WadeKendall4 @AtomsksSanakan @JsharkJill @CymaticWave @Gladfly1 @PierreTherrie14 @GillesnFio @DawnTJ90 @Tokyo_Tom @Foresaken1 @Jamz129 @Vieux_Rhone @dvibrationz @Schtickery @pinangodan @FrankWi74044551 @AOECOIN @Bananenrijperij @KGrumpallo @stevethib @FrankChanged @ElQuesoSabio @Creamih8 @Vulgar_wit @MATTP1949 @whyofweb @su_js1 @Silence54994655 @TyotoRiffle @AlanBlackMD @ideapalooza Think of CO2 as a "dye," which colors the air, but in the LW IR part of the spectrum, instead if the visible part. It doesn't take much dye to have a substantial effect on absorption of radiation (i.e., color).

@JulesBywaterLee @NikolovScience @Kenneth72712993 @TheDisproof @swcrisis @EthonRaptor @KCTaz @Spencerfletch0 @ClimatePoet @OscarsWild1 @JoeTheAtheist @Albert_Redstone @insane_voice @PolAnimalAus @WadeKendall4 @AtomsksSanakan @JsharkJill @CymaticWave @Gladfly1 @PierreTherrie14 @GillesnFio @DawnTJ90 @Tokyo_Tom @Foresaken1 @Jamz129 @Vieux_Rhone @dvibrationz @Schtickery @pinangodan @FrankWi74044551 @AOECOIN @Bananenrijperij @KGrumpallo @stevethib @FrankChanged @ElQuesoSabio @Creamih8 @Vulgar_wit @MATTP1949 @whyofweb @su_js1 @Silence54994655 @TyotoRiffle @AlanBlackMD @ideapalooza The Earth's atmosphere is quite transparent in the visible, but at other wavelengths it has distinct "color" (meaning variation in opacity with wavelength). Because of the radiation which passes through the air, the air's "color" affects its temperature.

@JulesBywaterLee @NikolovScience @Kenneth72712993 @TheDisproof @swcrisis @EthonRaptor @KCTaz @Spencerfletch0 @ClimatePoet @OscarsWild1 @JoeTheAtheist @Albert_Redstone @insane_voice @PolAnimalAus @WadeKendall4 @AtomsksSanakan @JsharkJill @CymaticWave @Gladfly1 @PierreTherrie14 @GillesnFio @DawnTJ90 @Tokyo_Tom @Foresaken1 @Jamz129 @Vieux_Rhone @dvibrationz @Schtickery @pinangodan @FrankWi74044551 @AOECOIN @Bananenrijperij @KGrumpallo @stevethib @FrankChanged @ElQuesoSabio @Creamih8 @Vulgar_wit @MATTP1949 @whyofweb @su_js1 @Silence54994655 @TyotoRiffle @AlanBlackMD @ideapalooza If you'd like to learn more about this topic, there are some good resources here (esp. #7 - #11):
sealevel.info/learnmore.html…