you already said you couldn't find any report backing up his claim though, and then made up some explanation as to why that completely contradicts what you have said earlier about how easy it is to get AGW funding, especially considering your latest assertion that water vapor has "a hundredfold effect" over CO2.
what's impressive is how massively contradictory your explanations become.
By The Numbers:
1 : i could find no specific report making that SPECIFIC claim but i aint a climatologist and i dont have access to the journals any more
not finding a thing in a quick google searchis not proof of it's impossibility
i have never seen a tiger eat bacon, but that does not mean tigers keep kosher.
2 : i found ample evidence that water vapour concentration in the atmosphere is roughly 10X the concentration of CO2 (3-4% rounded to 3.5 for easy math, vs 0.35%) so if. as red claims water vapour is 20X more absorptive, then his estimate is HALF the actual number
3 : i merely guesstimated the IR absorptive power of water vapour being 4-5X CO2's i pulled that number out of my ass, for no particular reason, and you didnt even run the math or check my numbers
4 : you didnt even check my sources. those links could lead to scholarly studies of the socio-economic impact of Pokemon on the consumer habits of juveniles between 8 and 14. (they do not)
5 : science doesnt work that way. if you think red is wrong, fuind a VALID RELIABLE (non-wikipedia) source or run the math and prove him wrong
6 : i mistyped. CO2's concentration is actually 0.035% meaning it is 1/10th the concentrations i stated and you didnt even notice with your superpowers, so Red's assertion is VERY PLAUSIBLE since water exists in the atmosphere at
ONE HUNDRED TIMES CO2's
concentration! so even if water is merely EQUAL to CO2's absorptive power, then yes, that would be 100x, exactly. ~
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/#mlo
yep. 100x more water in the air than CO2.
7 : if you wish to argue that "global warming" doesnt draw research grants like shit draws flies, youre gonna have a long uphill battle proving that.
advantage: Red, service to Red, for Match Point.