Ingredients of the Atmosphere
Gives water at 10-50,000 ppmv. Unlikely to be 10 as the relative humidity would be very low. So if it is at 50K, the percent that CO2 is of WV is 0.7%. Note that Wikipedia is largely presenting an AGW viewpoint which is why the Water Vapor is in a special category, when it should not be.
This does give CO2 the label as trace gas. Given the low relative concentration of CO2, it becomes quite difficult to affect the flow of heat or affect the surface temperature of the earth.
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Gas |
Volume(A) |
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Name |
Formula |
in
ppmv(B) |
in
% |
|
N2 |
780,840 |
78.084 |
|
|
O2 |
209,460 |
20.946 |
|
|
Ar |
9,340 |
0.9340 |
|
|
CO2 |
397 |
0.0397 |
|
|
Ne |
18.18 |
0.001818 |
|
|
He |
5.24 |
0.000524 |
|
|
CH4 |
1.79 |
0.000179 |
|
|
Not included in above dry atmosphere: |
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|
Water vapor(C) |
H2O |
10–50,000(D) |
0.001%–5%(D) |
notes:
(A) volume fraction is equal to mole fraction for ideal gas only, also see volume (thermodynamics) (B) ppmv: parts per million by volume (C) Water vapor is about 0.25% by mass over full atmosphere (D) Water vapor strongly varies locally[4]
We should revisit occasionally what the proper role of government is. As the constitution was a good sense of direction, we need a core set of principles to add in order to deal with the future.
So many want to engineer society, remove risk, assist certain groups, rather than let individuals thrive and raise communities. Why?
Is Democracy where we all "get it good and hard" or is it the best means to a free society?
Should we roll with the special interests, or make the government achieve its proper role, what is that role, and how to do this?
When do deficits and governments become too large?
Government is becoming more elitist while trying to sell corrections to problems it created, what makes this possible?
This could also be inserted into the field above, or erased
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Are "markets" dead as some would conjecture? Or is free enterprise what got us here?
At the heart of economics there are several possible economic schools of thought, the essence of these schools of thought and how they relate to our lives.
