On 09/10/13 21:54, Fredxx wrote:
On 09/10/2013 21:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 09/10/13 21:26, Fredxx wrote:
On 09/10/2013 19:17, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 09/10/13 18:11, dennis@home wrote:

What do you think the glass does in a greenhouse if not stopping
the IR
radiation from being radiated and hence making the inside warmer than
the outside. Its just as well that it does or passive solar heating
would be a waste of time.


A lot more than that actually dennis.

Its effects on convection are massive. And in genearal convection
accounts for around 80% of heat lost from a hot object in air.

A lot of te other 20% ois conducation, and that increases massively in
movng air.

So what a greenhouse does, is trap an insulating blanket of STILL air,
mostly. It can't rise and the wind dont get in.

It does sod all for radiation. That goes through glass easily.

Now until carbon dioxide puts a wall and a roof on the atmosphere,
it is
not a 'greenhouse' gas.

So long as the dominant energy loss is not 'nightime ground radiation
direct into space' it doesnt have a huge amount to do.


In the past I might have agreed with may things you have said. But
until you have a clue about CO2 and the role it plays in the greenhouse
effect in the atmosphere, or stop showing ignorance about the subject
your posts have become worthless.

Even where dennis is spouting crap as well. There's nothing worse than
crap on crap.

CO2 is claimed to work as an insulator. But it can't do that in an open
topped atmsophere through which clouds and water vapour can easily pass.

snip irrelevance

I've not seen any claim that CO2 causes global warming through being an
insulator. Your statement says it all that you clearly don't understand
how or why CO2 is described as a greenhouse gas.
perhaps you should study teh physics of how insulators do insulation


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