Lots of bright minds are looking at water vapor but CO2 is something that we could have a lot more control over. Once the atmosphere heats up for whatever reason, water vapor is almost always available because the planet's surface is water and covering the ocean or lake to prevent evaporation isn't feasible. Also water vapor is a short-l…
Lots of bright minds are looking at water vapor but CO2 is something that we could have a lot more control over. Once the atmosphere heats up for whatever reason, water vapor is almost always available because the planet's surface is water and covering the ocean or lake to prevent evaporation isn't feasible. Also water vapor is a short-lived greenhouse gas. It falls out of the air as precipitation. CO2, on the other hand is a very long-lived greenhouse gas with some of it being rapidly absorbed by the ocean but some of the rest lasting as long as 1000 years before being absorbed by weathering rocks. CO2 is the gas we need to work to control; unfortunately fossil fuel companies want us to use as much of their product as possible and I can find NO evidence that they give a rat's about the future.
An interesting fact. Each gallon of petroleum product that is burned puts about 20 pounds of fossilized CO2 into the atmosphere. Fossilized CO2 comes from burning fossilized carbon, carbon that was last in the atmosphere about 350 million years ago.
Lots of bright minds are looking at water vapor but CO2 is something that we could have a lot more control over. Once the atmosphere heats up for whatever reason, water vapor is almost always available because the planet's surface is water and covering the ocean or lake to prevent evaporation isn't feasible. Also water vapor is a short-lived greenhouse gas. It falls out of the air as precipitation. CO2, on the other hand is a very long-lived greenhouse gas with some of it being rapidly absorbed by the ocean but some of the rest lasting as long as 1000 years before being absorbed by weathering rocks. CO2 is the gas we need to work to control; unfortunately fossil fuel companies want us to use as much of their product as possible and I can find NO evidence that they give a rat's about the future.
An interesting fact. Each gallon of petroleum product that is burned puts about 20 pounds of fossilized CO2 into the atmosphere. Fossilized CO2 comes from burning fossilized carbon, carbon that was last in the atmosphere about 350 million years ago.