[bert]

carbon in the form of carbon dioxide is said to be a greenhouse gas. Like the glass in a greenhouse, the excessive green house gasses in the atmosphere resist radiation into space thus increasing the temperatures.

Recently, a Freeper introduced a brilliant thought. CO2 is heavier then air and cannot form a layer at altitudes necessary to act as the glass in a green house.

I had never heard that thought which seems on the surface to be correct

[Moseley]

Well my point is that — to do actual science according to the Scientific Method — we would have to study and TEST this behavior in the open atmosphere, not in a lab. The crucial issue is not how CO2 molecules act, but how they interact with the entire global atmosphere and how they effect the heat of the entire planet planet-wide.

[Moseley]

And the glass in a greenhouse (a) traps the air inside in an enclosed space so it cannot mix with the rest of the atmosphere and (b) stays put.

Carbon dioxide cannot act as a greenhouse because it does not stay put, it moves.

[Blueflag]

Not really. CO2 is completely soluble in the other gases of the atmosphere and doesn’t settle in lower lyers.

[youngidiot]

The same was true for CFCs, which they claimed destroyed ozone. I saw one panel in which a scientist was asked how CFCs got to the ozone instead of just staying on the ground. His answer was “tornadoes”. These scam artists need to be publicly shamed at every opportunity.

[Go Gordon]

Recently, a Freeper introduced a brilliant thought. CO2 is heavier then air and cannot form a layer at altitudes necessary to act as the glass in a green house.

Ever wonder why there is a tree line on mountains, above which there are no trees? Its not temperature related.