If CO2 is so good at raising the temperature of gases, why don't we utilise this property to capture heat from sunlight to drive engines? - TL Winslow, Pansophist master of STEM and world history

https://www.quora.com/How-does-increasing-the-concentration-of-carbon-dioxide-and-other-greenhouse-gases-increase-atmospheric-heat-retention-on-a-molecular-level/answer/TL-Winslow