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To: PKRBKR who wrote (863866)6/9/2015 4:50:29 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1579672
 
Another monkey with a machine gun.

The problem here is that you're not even wrong. What you say is totally correct. And totally irrelevant. Yes, the water vapor in the air swamps the greenhouse effect of the CO2. But, the amount of atmospheric H2O is dependent on the amount of CO2. As Wharfie tried to point out to you, without the CO2, the H2O condenses out and things get chilly.

Atmospheric H2O doesn't increase by any other mechanism other than the temperature going up. CO2 increases by other mechanisms, with human utilizing fossil carbon being a growing component.



To: PKRBKR who wrote (863866)6/9/2015 4:53:21 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1579672
 
And yet, without CO2, the temperature of the planet would be -21 degrees C., and water vapor will be almost zero.

saturated vapor pressure mB
35C 56.24
-21C 1.14

srh.noaa.gov

" Have you ever worked with an IR spectrophotometer? "

Blood gas machines use them. Also used it a bit to measure end-tidal CO2 in some patients. Thanks for asking.


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