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Isn’t water vapor a significant GHG? Wouldn’t daily misting of cities augment the greenhouse effect significantly?
by dundarious 5y ago
Isn’t water vapor a significant GHG? Wouldn’t daily misting of cities augment the greenhouse effect significantly?
- kilotaras 5y agoNot even close. *Total* urban area in the world was around ~3.5M km^2 in 2010[0], or 1% of total ocean area. Daily evaporation dwarves anything a couple thousands of drones can do in the morning. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.TOTL.UR.K2 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.TOTL.UR.K2
- dundarious 5y agoShouldn’t it be measured against human GHG activity like transport and agriculture, and not standard operation of the planet whether we exist on it or not?