Re: [Phys-l] Greenhouse

[chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>]

A brief review of the authors work seems to show that they consider 
the atmosphere to be composed of ideal gasses which have no internal 
degrees of freedom. No energy transitions that could absorb a photon 
of one energy and release multiple lower energy photons. Perhaps I am 
not doing their analysis justice??


At 2:16 PM -0400 10/14/10, Robert Cohen wrote:
> If I find that a particular mechanism seems in conflict with the 2nd
> law, I can conclude (among other things):
>
> (A) the mechanism is faulty and the 2nd law is valid
> (B) the 2nd law is faulty and the mechanism is valid
> (C) my understanding of the mechanism and/or 2nd law is faulty
>
> These authors are not alone in their choice of option A.  What made
> these authors choose that option, I wonder?  I didn't get to read the
> article.  Do they say?
>
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> Robert A. Cohen, Department of Physics, East Stroudsburg University
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