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Combustion: CxHx = CO2 + H20

Unread postby pedalling_faster » Thu 08 Jun 2006, 13:50:22

one of the facts of chemistry & physics, that i have never seen mentioned on any of the reports of Climate Change Analyses, is that the combustion which is creating CO2 which is correlated to global warming, is also using Oxygen as an input, and creating - More Water.

yes, all of the Hydrogen molecules that are tied up with the Carbon molecules in the hydrocarbon liquids that we stuff in our gas tanks, those Hydrogen molecules are being combusted and more water is being created.

as a result of man-made (person-made) industry, etc.

did this get included in those climate change analyses - is it buried in the fine print - or is this creation-through-combustion of more water on Planet Earth, something that the climate change scientists (and Al Gore) have missed ?
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Re: Combustion: CxHx = CO2 + H20

Unread postby Kingcoal » Thu 08 Jun 2006, 15:10:29

Water vapor is the number one greenhouse gas. Over 90% of tailpipe emissions are water vapor.
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Re: Combustion: CxHx = CO2 + H20

Unread postby Tanada » Thu 08 Jun 2006, 19:06:06

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', 'o')ne of the facts of chemistry & physics, that i have never seen mentioned on any of the reports of Climate Change Analyses, is that the combustion which is creating CO2 which is correlated to global warming, is also using Oxygen as an input, and creating - More Water.

yes, all of the Hydrogen molecules that are tied up with the Carbon molecules in the hydrocarbon liquids that we stuff in our gas tanks, those Hydrogen molecules are being combusted and more water is being created.

as a result of man-made (person-made) industry, etc.

did this get included in those climate change analyses - is it buried in the fine print - or is this creation-through-combustion of more water on Planet Earth, something that the climate change scientists (and Al Gore) have missed ?


IIRC you get roughly one gallon of water for every gallon of crude oil you burn. Think about that however, a couple of trillion barrels of oil might get combusted sooner or later, if so how much will it add to sea level? Almost nothing, because in places like Saudi Arabia and many others water is injected into the fields to force the cruse out to begin with, it ends up being a zero sum game.
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Re: Combustion: CxHx = CO2 + H20

Unread postby Zardoz » Thu 08 Jun 2006, 19:56:07

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', '.')..did this get included in those climate change analyses...


It may have been missed:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4419880.stm

It seems that most feel that the little bit of warming caused by CO2 adds to the general humidity, and the increase in water vapor increases the greenhouse effect, which raises the temp more, and around it goes again and again in a feedback loop.

But I don't recall any talk of what you're referring to.
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