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Why did the author of the graph omit water vapour, the number one "greenhouse gas"? Thus CO2 is does not represent 72% of total "greenhouse gases" but much less and all the other numbers will be much lower.

The only important number is the "% of total" - but including ALL "greenhouse gases". Only this number will give the non-professional reader an idea of the importance of the gas and it's components.

The present presentation is a misrepresentation exaggerating the importance of the presented gases.

E.G.Pohlhausen

BTW Es gibt ein schönes Buch: "Wie betrügt man mit Statistik"

It is a graph of current emissions, human activity isn't directly changing the abundance of water vapor. 72% of the change in the greenhouse effect is attributable to greenhouse gas emissions from CO2, etc. Dragons flight 04:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]