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Transcription: the Earth gets most of its energy from the Sun. Sunlight bathes the Earth and the Earth absorbs that sunlight. However, the Earth doesn't hold on to that energy very well. It re-emits most of the energy it absorbs in the form of infrared light. If that were the end of the story, the average temperature of the Earth would be about negative 100 degrees Fahrenheit, far too cold to support life. But that's not the end of the story. God has designed the Earth with an atmosphere, and that atmosphere contains greenhouse gases. These gases have the ability to trap the infrared light as the Earth is em ...