>Yes, I have dumbed it down.
"Glass and CO2 are the same", that's um, an interesting way to describe what you said. Dumbed down.
> I don't think you can handle the fundamentals related to electron band gaps of materials.
I don't think you know what any of that sentence means.
> Understanding advanced concepts requires a background in the fundamentals
It boggles the mind that you would attempt to pretend you understand advanced concepts when you do not understand the basics.
And I note that you dodged the question. Explain how CO2 operates identically to glass in terms of its relationship to infrared/ heat energy.
I mean there is something so unbelievably obvious that you have missed. I'm not going to tell you what that is. It is very funny.
>Your original claim that greenhouse gases only capture heat at night, and not during the day is the one we are addressing.
Of course they capture heat during the day. Please quote me as saying otherwise. It makes no sense anyway, there's no sun at night.
And by the way, I didn't make a claim. I asked a question.
"How does the greenhouse effect increase the temperature during the day".
Of course, I realise now that this question leaves wiggle room for people with dishonest mindsets to misinterpret. That is my mistake. Of course, in some areas, as I said, with higher humidity, the "greenhouse effect" may increase morning temperatures.
The claim that we often hear is that "global warming" leads to "hotter temperatures"
Which, yes, it does, of course. At night. Because the heat is trapped. This is what the greenhouse effect on earth does, traps energy. That's why we don't have -18 degree C temperatures at night at the equator.
Capturing energy and transmitting (or even reflecting) energy are entirely separate and incredibly fundamental concepts that you seem to be confusing.
Let me make a very specific claim then, which you can attempt to disprove. Good luck.
An increase in atmospheric CO2 cannot increase surface temperatures at noon.
>Why don't you start by providing your scientific evidence for that claim.
A heatsink does not increase the temperature of the item the heatsink is attached to.
However, when the item the heatsink attached to stops emitting energy, the heatsink keeps the objects thermal energy higher for longer.
Humidity acts as a heatsink, for example, as does CO2.
I'm not going to tell you how an actual greenhouse works. Your attempts to explain it are going to be too entertaining to pass up.
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which is the emissivity of the earth, and T which is the average temperature of the earth.
