Water vapor is Earth’s most abundant greenhouse gas.

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But u/ActuallyNot, does not recognize clouds as containing water vapor, but only water droplets,

Or ice crystals.

using this fact to never acknowledge that vapor condenses into clouds or their cooling affect, or the rain cycle

That's not true. Water droplets and/or ice crystals in clouds are in equilibrium with the water vapor.

Clouds do have a cooling effect, but it's not clear that the impact of global warming on clouds increases or decreases that impact.

Observational evidence is that cloud feedback is positive.

(Draft version of the full paper)