Thread: Politics of Climate Science: Selective Research, Ignored Fac

Water Vapour, Ignorance and Misunderstanding is Everywhere

Politics of Climate Science: Selective Research, Ignored Facts.

By Dr. Tim Ball
Monday, July 27, 2009

Marston Bates said, Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind. But what happens if a research alley is avoided or ignored? Often the answer is in what is ignored, not what is presented. It’s an unacceptable practice in science and only indicates the political nature of the climate change research and debate.

Why is the Most Important Greenhouse Gas Ignored?
We should change the name of the planet from Earth to Water. It covers much more of the surface than land, makes it unique from the other planets, and without it life as we know it would not exist. Search for water is a constant theme in space exploration.

Despite all this what we actually need is more knowledge about water and its functions on Earth, especially with regard to weather and climate. All the emphasis is on temperature, but what happens to precipitation is far more important for plants and agriculture. Precipitation is mentioned in claims of increased droughts with global warming, but it’s a scare tactic and illogical. Warmer temperatures mean more moisture in the air with more precipitation potential, not less. The illogic eludes notice because of lack of understanding of the role of water in atmospheric processes.

Ignorance and Misunderstanding is Everywhere.
Generally the public is unaware water vapor is 95% of the greenhouse gases by volume and CO2 is less than 4%, yet water vapor is virtually ignored. Here is a web site devoted to greenhouse gases (GHG) but water vapor, by far the most abundant and important one is listed under “other.â€

Of course none of this was mentioned when the gov't decided to enact Cap and Trade.