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   RM>> Adding water vapour to the atmosphere shouldn't much affect the   
     >> climate in the amounts that would be in play there. It's not like   
     >> adding Carbon to the air..   
      
   MP>While it is not like adding carbon to the air, it does add fuel for clouds.   
     > Immediately after 9/11, there was a study done on the affect of not having   
     >any airplanes in the sky creating cloud fuel (i.e. their contrails).  It   
     >had a greater affect than one would imagine.   
      
   I remember hearing about that, but I'm thinking that was a different   
   affect than just water vapour would produce.   
      
   I wouldn't have thought a power plant would introduce enough water to   
   the atmosphere to make a noticable difference but...   
      
   Looking online there are a wide range of estimates for that, some   
   saying that plants with cooling towers release almost nothing, not   
   what someone said the other day. Another site said the ones that   
   use the water and then dump it are usually set up near the ocean   
   and use salt water with little affect other than right near the   
   exhaust pipes (warm water).   
      
   One site said that a large Nuclear plant attempting to reclaim   
   all the water it uses would Lose about 30 million litres per day   
   to evaporation, a tiny perscentage (1% to 2%) of the total water   
   it uses for cooling. But that number is still quite a bit higher   
   than I would have guessed.   
      
   It also begs the question, is that enough to make a noticable   
   difference to the weather or climate ?   
      
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