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To: PKRBKR who wrote (863985)	6/9/2015 7:12:20 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1579754

So? Again, atmospheric H2O level is a product of temperature. Once it reaches equilibrium it doesn't changed the amount of IR absorbed. If the amount of CO2 rises, so does the temperature and the amount of H2O goes up, driving up temperature until it reaches equilibrium again. Do you think that absorbed UV energy isn't converted to heat as well? Of course. But that is already factored in when things reach equilibrium. That is what it means. Unless burning coal starts releasing N2, the total volume of N2 doesn't change. But it releases CO2, which does change the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Before you go there, yes it also decreases the amount of O2 in the atmosphere. But again, the amount of O2 in the atmosphere far exceeds that of CO2 so there is no significant change. Again, by increasing the amount of CO2 means the temperature goes up. With higher temperatures, the amount of H2O vapor goes up. And that causes the temperature to go up. Round and round until equilibrium is reached again.