This is Why CO2 is NOT a Greenhouse gas, the Earth is too cold for it to be
This is the Reason CO2 is not a Greenhouse gas As you can see from this Spectral chart of Absorption bands of the greenhouse gas family, CO2 can't be a greenhouse gas because the Earth is hundreds of degrees too cold. 1) As you can see in the Top chart the Blue Up-going Thermal infrared radiation from the Earth, which is based on the temperature of the Earth, too long or too short of a wavelength; for any of CO2's absorption bands to absorb as the Earth's heat is radiated up through the atmosphere. Which would of been the Greenhouse gas effect. 2) As you can see there are only 3 major absorption bands for CO2 and all 3 miss the outgoing infrared radiation emitted by the Earth. 3) Because of the 8 major absorption bands of water vapor over riding most of the 3 CO2 absorption bands, only 1/2 of one absorption band near the 3um wavelength would of contributed to the greenhouse gas effect if there had been any infrared radiation in that part of the spectrum, but as...