mdn2000
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Correlation is causation? It's more than mere correlation that proves that CO2 absorbs infra-red radiation. What happens to that radiation, given the LAW (no theory here!) of Conservation of Energy? What happens when you get more radiation-absorbing gases around, given the ~1/3 rise in concentrations since the advent of the IR? Usually..., more absorbed energy. Where's THAT energy going?
And if the CO2 is not in the atmosphere where is that infra-red radiation absorbed. Once its here, its here, it dont matter if CO2 can or cannot absorb IR, once its here, its here.
And what the hell do you mean, "advent of the IR".
If CO2 absorbs heat, that means it retains the heat hence that heat cannot be radiated out of the molecule and thus measured as temperature.