Climate Realists
"As hot air rises the kinetic energy is replaced by potential energy and the temperature falls.
Potential energy cannot radiate out.
Before it can radiate out the air has to descend and become compressed again so that the PE is reconverted to KE.
The effect is greatest at the surface.
Radiation is not relevant as you say but the reason is that radiation from the sun always equals radiation out from top of atmosphere. Solar input gets a free pass straight through at any given level of mass, gravity and insolation.
If any forcing element other than a change in mass, gravity or insolation tries to create an imbalance at top of atmosphere it is always offset by an expansion or contraction of the entire atmosphere which transfers KE to or from PE as necessary to maintain equilibrium.
That is the real game changer,"
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