I do want to express something from my perspective.

SDAI-tech1 said

As for my being like Sam or Johannes; Sam has never really gotten into scientific matters that I am aware of but rather parrots websites he's seen which have questionable value. Johannes is entirely different and is definitely trying to think about things and I can't help but admire his persistance, whether he's right or wrong. He may need to be more receptive to others ideas and scientific input - but he's clearly trying. I don't agree with his particular theory about the loss of heat to space and, in fact, believe the reverse is true - that the earth is absorbing more energy than it dissipates

I would give much more credit to Sam than RL. after all, Sam at least is curious about various phenomenon that occur in space and asked for clarification in areas that he did not thoroughly understand. R.L. on the other hand thinks he knows everything about science and at the same time is afraid to think about any scientific thoughts that have not been instilled into him by his teachers.

As for me; whether I’m right or whether I’m wrong I’ve got to be me……………….etc.
As for “trying”, some have said that I’m “very trying” ;-)

I respect your differing viewpoint on the idea of heat loss from the Earth’s atmosphere. If you would explain why you believe that your view is more accurate and scientifically sound, then perhaps I would learn something and accept that your view is correct and mine is not.

The theory that I am advocating is based on the assumption that the laws of physics that we observe in the laboratory, or even in the kitchen, do not change when larger quantities of mass and energy are involved.
For instance, in the laboratory I can take water and make it freeze and boil at the same time. In the kitchen I can take a pot of water and heat it until it boils, after it starts boiling, the water does not get any hotter no matter how much heat I put under the pot. After the water starts boiling the water disappears (evaporates) from the pot and the greater the amount of heat under the pot the faster the water disappears.

I believe that this heat transfer phenomenon through evaporation can also work on a global scale. In the global scenario, the air is the medium that can evaporate into space. The major heat source is the sun and all other chemical and especially nuclear energy sources contribute their share to the heat load. I can conclude from these simple physics phenomenon that IF the Earth’s atmosphere is heated excessively it will have the tendency to disappear into space.

I am not saying that one more nuclear power plant construction will destroy the Earth’s atmosphere, all I am saying is that the hotter or rather the more kinetic energy the atmospheric molecules have, the greater the atmospheric loss will be.

Johannes