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- Oct 25, 2016
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You have no idea what you are talking about.Wrong.
Water vapor has zero effect on retention of earth heat because it condenses out at the cold temperatures of the high stratosphere.
There is no water vapor at the edge to space, so it has no effect on retaining heat or not.
Water vapor absorbing heat energy at sea level, is pointless.
That has nothing at all to do with whether the planet warms or cools.
The only place where molecular energy absorption mattes is at the very top edge of the stratosphere.
No where else.
The only heat retention that matters is if the heat would otherwise radiate out into space, if not retained by a carbon containing molecule.
Water vapor and clouds account for 66 to 85 percent of the greenhouse effect, compared to a range of 9 to 26 percent for CO2.