re: Your ignorance IS profound and I’m glad that you admit it.
At least gbaikie understands that the atmospheric density has a bearing on the average temperature of the planets atmosphere, that was the point I wanted to make in the first place.
You still do not seem to understand that point, so I’ll give you these links to go and study the subject.
http://www.shodor.org/unchem/advanced/gas/
http://dwb.unl.edu/Teacher/NSF/C09/C09Links/www.chem.ualberta.ca/courses/plambeck/p101/p01066.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_gas_law
The combined gas law states that pV/T=C
