On 3/21/2015 2:17 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
... a layer such as you describe does, indeed, reflect energy, but it lets a
lot through
Shoot, I knew this was likely to get complicated. Of course it lets a lot through, or the sky would be black. ;-) I
was talking about the difference in energy with and without, not absolute numbers.
, and some of what reflects off the surface in turn gets, uh, re-reflected off
the underside of the layer.
Yes. The re-radiated energy is of a different wavelength, generally much lower, and is trapped by almost complete
re-reflection. Which makes the heating effect stronger.
“More energy coming into a system does not disappear, it causes change.”
True in more senses than you speak of. Get thee to a hammer and chisel, grasshopper,
and carve this in stone. <g>
Shall I work on a restatement about Entropy, to go with it - on the other
tablet?
Chiseler Moose
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