uk.environment

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:12:52 -0700, kdthrge@yahoo.com wrote:

>So water vapor, as a gas is independent molecules. As an independent
>molecule, it has a specific quantity of mass, in protons, neutrons and
>electrons. It has a specific electrical energy according to the number
>of protons it contains, and it has a particular structural design for
>the attachement of the hydrogen atoms to the oxygen atoms.
>
>The water molecule is essentially a sphere with the same radius of the
>neutral oxygen atom.
>
>What you refer to as latent heat is only this natural mass and energy
>content of the water molecule as a gas.

More specifically, the latent heat is the difference in
energy between the molecule as a gas and if it is liquid.

>Only when it condenses does it
>lose energy to the environment. This enthalpy is 40,600 Joules per
>mole.

Unfortunately, the average person doesn't understand Joules,
they might understand BTU per pound, or calories per gram.

>The transport of heat from the ocean to the atmosphere by the process
>of evaporation and condensation is far greater than the AGW freaks
>consider, since it does not suit their predetermined and fraudulently
>supported beliefs. This heat is easily lost through the atmosphere and
>affects surface temperatures very little.
>
>The AGW bunnies,
>Beating on their little drum,,
>they keep going,,, and going,,,

It definitely affects surface temperatures _GREATLY_,
as a cooling effect, when liquid water on the surface evaporates.

There are other complex processes where water itself
cools by evaporation and in OTHER ways that may or may not
involve the latent heats of vaporization or fusion.