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Tandem78: The energy does transfer. However, due to the emission of the same energy, the net energy is zero. This occurs only where LTE is in play, i.e., the bulk of the atmosphere. However, the caveat is that this is not the case at the boundaries where the lapse rate dominates: convection...

CO2 emits the same energy as it absorbs and there is no net energy transfer between the vibrational modes of CO2 and the translational modes of N2 and O2. This applies where local thermodynamic equilibrium (L.T.E.) exist. i.e., You can't take a temperature measurement without L.T.E. This is...