CCryosphere Today, put out by The University of Illinois in cooperation with NASA shows that total sea ice is unchanged over the last thirty years. No warming or cooling evident. Water vapor makes up 95% of greenhouse gas. CO2 makes up less than 0.04% of the atmosphere.

Methane is a much more significant greenhouse gas – 20 times more effective in trapping heat than is CO2. CO2 concentrations are 387 ppm as of September and Methane’s concentration is 79 ppm. With its greater effectiveness at trapping heat Methane's impact is 4 times that of CO2. Methane comes in large part from ruminant animals (animals with multiple stomachs, primarily cattle and sheep). If you wish to cut your greenhouse gas output, you will do more by buying one less Big Mac each week than you will by trading in your SUV for a Prius. We need to use less oil in order to both help our economy and reduce energy independence, but it has little to do with greenhouse gases.