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This doesn't negate what I said. Preventing convection means that hot air stays inside instead of being dispersed. But hot air does emit IR radiation, and if th
by pif 12y ago
This doesn't negate what I said. Preventing convection means that hot air stays inside instead of being dispersed. But hot air does emit IR radiation, and if that radiation could escape the air would get fresher.
- adrianN 12y agoIn the wiki link that I posted an experiment is mentioned where they used rock salt instead of glass to build a greenhouse. Rock salt is IR transparent, yet the greenhouse got to nearly the same temperature. Hence IR transparency is mostly irrelevant.
- pif 12y agoThanks for the link, that's interesting. But, please, have a look on this site as well: http://www.drroyspencer.com http://www.drroyspencer.com.