So wouldn't clouds have less kinetic energy than dry wind? But still not slow enough to be affected by the moon, I guess? What about rain? Same idea? Wind pushes it more than gravity. Why doesn't this apply to the oceans too? They aren't still. I still think the oceans have more kinetic energy than the atmosphere, there is just so much more mass moving around. (Due to wind/temperature.) If we go back to land tides, then we should see land masses rising as they have even less kinetic energy than the atmosphere and the oceans, right? It doesn't seem right to me.