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Old 08-14-2008, 06:36 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I wouldn't worry about the water in terms of Global Warming because it's not a "greenhouse gas".
You got it So So wrong with that statement

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Whoops, you're absolutely right :

Greenhouse gas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The most important greenhouse gases are:

* water vapor, which causes about 36–70% of the greenhouse effect on Earth. (Note clouds typically affect climate differently from other forms of atmospheric water.)
* carbon dioxide, which causes 9–26%
* methane, which causes 4–9%
* ozone, which causes 3–7%

Note that this is a combination of the strength of the greenhouse effect of the gas and its abundance. For example, methane is a much stronger greenhouse gas than CO2—about 25 times more heat absorptive, but is present in much smaller concentrations.
Question: If you got the hydrogen from water in the ocean, then could you call that "closed loop"?

Question: What is the current world-wide automobile/CO2 production versus a "100% replacement" with fuel cell cars?

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