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What are the three major natural greenhouse gases?
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The major natural greenhouse gases are
It is not possible to state that a certain gas causes a certain percentage of the greenhouse effect, because the influences of the various gases are not additive. (The higher ends of the ranges quoted are for the gas alone; the lower ends, for the gas counting overlaps.) Other greenhouse gases include, but are not limited to,
- water vapour, which causes about 36-70% of the greenhouse effect on Earth (not including clouds);
- carbon dioxide, which causes 9-26%;
- methane, which causes 4-9%, and
- ozone, which causes 3-7%.
It is not possible to state that a certain gas causes a certain percentage of the greenhouse effect, because the influences of the various gases are not additive. (The higher ends of the ranges quoted are for the gas alone; the lower ends, for the gas counting overlaps.) Other greenhouse gases include, but are not limited to,
- nitrous oxide,
- sulfur hexafluoride,
- hydrofluorocarbons,
- perfluorocarbons and
- chlorofluorocarbons (see IPCC list of greenhouse gases).
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This is soon going to change. Carbon Dioxide is nice and cool compared to some of the new gases that we are developing. One gas (the name escapes me right now) absorbs 40 times more heat than carbon dioxide and hangs in the atmosphere for over 500 years. This gas is released with the development of plasma TVs. The second gas remains in the atmosphere for only a few years but it absorbs a lot more heat than the first. This could be what John prophesied in the book of Revelations when he claimed that the sun would burn seven times hotter.
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