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Originally Posted by CraigD
Because water vapor is also a strong absorber and emitter of visible light (which is why we can see it), I believe the net effect of jet contrails is similar to that of clouds, cooling the Earth by preventing visible light from reaching the surface to heat it and be re-emitted as infrared.
Graphs like the one in linked to in post #119 are helpful in visualizing this.
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So the more we fly/travel the better?
