Sorry, hairball, but you alas, are the one who is confused....The issue here is absorption, not reflectivity.
Reflectivity is really the only issue. If the far IR isn't reflected, it enters the ocean. If it enters the ocean, it is absorbed, almost immediately.
Absorption and emission are related....reflectivity and penetrability are related...but the two sets of relatives really don't have anything to do with each other in the context of the topic...
A glimmer of hope! After much painstaking effort on my part, you've absorbed that much of my teaching. So, let's keep going ...
It really doesn't matter if IR can penetrate a substance if the molecules of that substance are unable to absorb the wavelength...
And here you wander off into more of your famous magical mystery physics. If the IR that penetrates the ocean isn't absorbed, where does it go? Conservation of energy, you're violating it. You've waved your hands and declared that the far IR which penetrated into the ocean simply disappeared without a trace.
Back in the real world, if the far IR penetrates into the ocean, then it all gets absorbed by the ocean. It must be absorbed, because of conservation of energy. Absorptivity only defines how deep it goes before it gets absorbed.
According to the science dictionary...absorptivity is a measure of the ability of a material to absorb radiation....
Incomplete. All matter eventually absorbs all radiation traveling through it, given enough distance and density. Absorptivity specifies the decadal attenuation factor for a given distance and molar density. In contrast, reflectivity is a dimensionless fraction
penetrating and absorbing are two entirely different things....sea water is a poor absorber of far IR...the very wavelength that CO2 primarily emits...
Again, totally wrong. Water has a reflectivity of zero in the far IR. All of the far IR falling on seawater penetrates into it. Therefore, all of the far IR falling on seawater is absorbed.
Let's do the math concerning how deep it goes before being absorbed.
Absorptivity of water at the 10 micron wavelength is about 4x10^3 /m /molar density. Molar density of water at normal density is 1000/18 = 55/liter. So, absorptivity is 2.2x10^5 /m. That is, it takes a path length of 22 microns in water to absorb 90% of a 10 micron wavelength.
This is all basic physics that has been know for damn near forever. Quit trying to revise it.
It really wouldn't matter if the far IR could penetrate further than the 10 microns that it does, sea water is a poor absorber of the wavelength even if it could penetrate 10 miles.
Again, that's lunatic babbling on your part, being that it so openly and proudly violates conservation of energy.
Again, absorptivity and emissivity are different things from reflectivity and penetrability. A poor emitter, which sea water is, is also a poor absorber...by the way,
"Poor absorber" is relative. It just means "path length of 22 microns" instead of "path length of 22 picometers."
your chart didn't specify that it was relating to sea water, which is what the topic is about...and it didn't go into the far IR wavelengths...also what the topic is about...you have missed the mark entirely.
You're flailing blindly now. Water absorbs 100% in the far IR. You come across as a delusional cult kook for even trying to pretend otherwise.
If your cult demands that you regularly humiliate yourself in this manner by pretending to believe such stupidity, do you really want to be associated with it?