Atmospheric "Saturation"

There was a debate recently between the RealClimate folks:
http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/06/realclimate-saturated-confusion.html
and Lubos Motl, on his "Reference Frame" blog:
http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/06/realclimate-saturated-confusion.html
regarding whether or not the marginal increase in global warming should lessen as more and more greenhouse gasses are added to the atmosphere. I made a few calculations on the subject for myself, eventually coming to agree with RealClimate that it need not. And yes, it pains me to say so. A slightly mathy write-up, in pdf format with spiffy imbedded links, is here:
http://home.comcast.net/~stevehaker001/GreenHouse
Check it out if you are interested. It's intended to be self-contained for the most part.

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