Of course the globe is getting warmer. That’s why there aren’t whooly mammoth’s or saber tooth tigers like there were 30,000 years ago. The globe does this in cycles, warming, and then cooling. These cycles vary in length from approximately 10,000 to 100,000 years. We are currently in a warming cycle, hence no gigantic elephants to clog your morning commute.

30,000 years ago, when this whole sordid affair started in ernest, there were no “green-house gas” emmitting technologies and Al Gore wasn’t even a glimmer in a glimmer of a glimmer of a glimmer of a gleem in anybody’s eye, and yet the earth still started getting warm, all on its own. Some people make a hobby out of nursing an ever sick earth to health. Others make it a career. It’s like that syndrome where parents get sick pleasure out of their martyred sacrifice from having ill children that are made ill because those same parents are feeding them poison. The same can be said for many in the “we’re causing global warming” camp. For others in this camp, the whole notion it is a political ploy, amounting to an even sicker neurotic predisposition.

Whichever psychologically-challenged group you feel you belong to, rest assured that whether its global warming today, or global cooling tomorrow, there’ll always be some ill that the earth needs you to save it from, whether real or imagined. Just don’t allow logic, reality, or truth to muddy your waters.

Wow, Randy, you seem to be on the wrong end of all the facts. Did you take any science classes in your schooling? Surely you know that the Earth has been cooling, and that the magma below the mantle is proof that it was much, much hotter years ago. There are small cooling and warming trends, but ask yourself, what are the net effects of all the CO2 in the air, can this be good for the planet, and why is climate changing at a rate unexplainable by any previous trends in recorded time.

I have to admit to being somewhat torn on this subject. On the one hand, I am very skeptical about anything I’m told. I am as skeptical about the claims that human activity is causing global warming as I am about the counter-claims that human activity is not causing global warming. I have seen fairly strong arguments from both sides of the debate, but so far nothing has convinced me one way or the other.

On the other hand, when I look out the window from my 7th floor office, I can see all the way to downtown Chicago (about 30 miles or so). I see thousands and thousands of cars constantly driving by. I can see thousands of homes, office buildings, stores, etc., all burning gas for heat and electricity for air conditioning. I see all this activity going on, and I know what I’m seeing is only a tiny fraction of what is going on all over the world.

It’s really hard for me to believe that human activity is not having at least some impact on the environment. It’s really hard for me to believe that we can just keep on doing what we’re doing forever and ever and it’s never going to cause any harm. I am convinced that it is better to be safe than sorry. I sure can’t see any reason why we shouldn’t make some effort to reduce the amount of polution we generate. I can’t see any harm in making our vehicles more fuel efficient. I can’t see any harm in making our homes more efficeint to heat and cool and light. I can’t see any harm in taking reasonable steps to protect our environment.

Sure, it might cost a little more to gain some additional fuel efficiency, but when you look at how much money we waste on complete foolishness, like the war on drugs, for example, it seems we could easily afford to do something that is at least an attempt at being responsible.

Rick

Rick, thanks for the comment, this is a sensible view. I do think that the evidence establishing the theory as fact is completely overwhelming, but I’ve looked at a lot of information, and been a student of science all my life.

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