The "science" is in. The debate is over. Anthropogenic global warming will kill the planet unless governments step in to control your behavior. Umm...not so much. Water vapor accounts for some 94% of greenhouse gases, yet the emphasis is placed upon CO2, which accounts for a mere four percent. Models invoke "forcing" as a means for upgrading CO2 to a major contributor to "man-made global warming", yet they generally overlook the most potent greenhouse gas on the planet.
Consider a major scientific error in lesson information for Biology 301 at Oregon State University. Water vapor is listed under “Other trace gases” while CO2 has its own section. It says warming means more evaporation and more water vapor in the atmosphere. “Whether this will amplify or dampen warming is unclear, as the effects of water vapor in the atmosphere depend on the droplet sizes and their height in the atmosphere.” This is wrong. Water droplets are not water vapor, the first is a liquid the second a gas.
Why is water vapor ignored? Part of the answer is excessive, deliberate and political focus on CO2.
The problem is the real world is not cooperating. Richard Lindzen demonstrated this clearly at the Third International Conference on Climate Change, (June 2009).
As Lindzen noted, “What we see, then, is that the very foundation of the issue of global warming is wrong.” He then identified the real problem. “In a normal field, these results would pretty much wrap things up, but global warming/climate change has developed so much momentum that it has a life of its own – quite removed from science.”
