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CLARIFICATION:
One of the comments pointed out that molecules do have weight, and my correction suggested that they don't. Of course they do, but in this context Rennick was referring to CO2 molecules (he wrongly called them 'atoms') colliding with other molecules of N2 and O2, and passing on energy according to Newton's 3rd law. In this case it is not the weight that passes on energy, it is mass. That's what the 'm' stands for in Newton's Third Law.
The reason physicists use mass and not weight is that weight varies. In interstellar space weight is effectively zero, and even on Earth weight varies depending on your location. If Rennick had submitted a test paper to my old physics teacher, he would have been marked down for referring to 'weight' and not 'mass' in Newton's Laws of Motion.
SOURCES:
Rennick video:
youtube.com/watch?v=OlgHSqlA-60
https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/how-do-greenhouse-gases-trap-heat-atmosphere
https://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/how-greenhouse-effect-works.php
“Qld LNP's Gerard Rennick believes early childhood education a Labor conspiracy”
youtube.com/watch?v=6Baclobyu10
https://gerardrennick.com.au/scientists-ignore-the-fact-that-gravity-plays-a-role-in-heating-the-earth/
'Like' or 'smiliar' to a greenhouse:
https://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/how-greenhouse-effect-works.php
TO SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL -- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS CHARITY:
I do not ask for contributions. Instead, please support the work of Health in Harmony, which trades forest protections for health care. See my video here: youtube.com/watch?v=j9-GRugP9pU for an explanation of their work.
Donations can be made here: healthinharmony.org/donate-today
Health in Harmony also has a live website: actnow.healthinharmony.org
CLARIFICATION:
One of the comments pointed out that molecules do have weight, and my correction suggested that they don't. Of course they do, but in this context Rennick was referring to CO2 molecules (he wrongly called them 'atoms') colliding with other molecules of N2 and O2, and passing on energy according to Newton's 3rd law. In this case it is not the weight that passes on energy, it is mass. That's what the 'm' stands for in Newton's Third Law.
The reason physicists use mass and not weight is that weight varies. In interstellar space weight is effectively zero, and even on Earth weight varies depending on your location. If Rennick had submitted a test paper to my old physics teacher, he would have been marked down for referring to 'weight' and not 'mass' in Newton's Laws of Motion.
SOURCES:
Rennick video:
youtube.com/watch?v=OlgHSqlA-60
https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/how-do-greenhouse-gases-trap-heat-atmosphere
https://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/how-greenhouse-effect-works.php
“Qld LNP's Gerard Rennick believes early childhood education a Labor conspiracy”
youtube.com/watch?v=6Baclobyu10
https://gerardrennick.com.au/scientists-ignore-the-fact-that-gravity-plays-a-role-in-heating-the-earth/
'Like' or 'smiliar' to a greenhouse:
https://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/how-greenhouse-effect-works.php
