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Fun Quiz for all global warming regulars?
Identify the GHG's (greenhouse gases) without looking it up, in other words: explain what makes them GHG
Do a rough estimate of the percentage of CO2 from the quantity of GHG's present in the atmosphere.
There is no point to ask for politeness anymore, obviously, but any slanderous accusations shall be reported.
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@Dirac, it will be fun to see if the Clown Troll Denier Buffoons answer this one.
TY and TU also to Darwinist, who din't deserve that TD!
Mr Z you din't answer the questions! You gave your unfounded ''opinion'' ...
Where did Darwinist's answer go? It was a candidate for BA!
Dear, Darwinist, you provided a very good answer, but I think you and everyone should listen to this inspiring video. The part where he says ''who would you hire'' It's OK to ''know things from top of head'' it's better when you show proof. But you still are the only one that really answered the question.
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- DarwinistLv 64 months agoFavorite Answer
Edit: I'm pretty sure JimZ is wrong; at the important 15μm band, it is CO2 that is the strong absorber. (link removed due to ghosting)
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Well, without looking it up, GHG's can be identified by their ability to absorb and emit specific wavelengths of infrared radiation.
The main ones are Methane, Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapour, also Nitrous Oxide and a number of gasses from industrial processes; HFC's, PFC,'s etc. Of these, Water Vapour is the strongest, but the amount in the atmosphere is dependent on temperature and pressure, so will tend to condense into rain if these drop. The others are "non condensing" meaning there is no limit to the amount that the atmosphere can hold, other than that available in the environment. To put it another way, Water Vapour can only increase when temperatures go up, whereas the others can be increased by (say) the burning of fossil fuels, regardless of temperatures. So Water Vapour acts only as a feedback; a point that many on the "skeptics" side seem to struggle with.
Again, from memory, CO2 is about 3/4 of all the "non condensing" GHG's, about 9% of all when Water Vapour is included and about 0.04% of the atmosphere as a whole.
Hope you are able to have a great Christmas and happy New year in these "unusual" times. Xx
- JimZLv 74 months ago
Water vapor obviously dominates. It is so much more than the others, it masks much of their absorption spectrum, particularly methane. Alarmists required CO2 to increase water vapor significantly to reach any significant increase but nature didn't cooperate with their shrill predictions yet they continue to exaggerate for their Cause.
- Anonymous4 months ago
EDIT: JimZ says that water vapor dominates, but I don't really know what he means by "dominates". Is it bigger by a factor a 2 or 10 or 100 or what? Where does he get this information? Can he please show us either the calculations behind his claim or point to a published reference for it?
Hmm, nobody has answered. I would think that people should be able to get the first two or three greenhouse gases anyway. Of course Daro thinks the term "greenhouse gas" was invented by the government, and Solar Wind (or one of his alter egos) thinks argon is one.
