ReinyDays
Gold Member
The problem is the longwave IR can't warm water. No water warming, no warming of the oceans, no warming of the oceans, no warming of the planet thanks to IR.
Why can't longwave add it's energy to liquid water when they collide? ... we can spitball with 1.2 / 15 µm = 80 milli-electron-volts per photon ... even at molar values we're barely above a joule ... how would we measure this? ... but more important, where would the energy go if not into the water? ...