Isn't that where man usually starts before he masters a science? Little models that don't quite pan out until new mathematics and physics are created to understand and predict phenomenon? I do not agree with Al Gore and company but I know all this research and science will be put to good use in the future once the chaff is blown away.
That's pretty much my view. I'm all for the science and all against the ideology.
Put aside the anthropogenic stuff and it is predictable that we will eventually have a severe warming or cooling. That won't be in my lifetime but people will eventually need the science to alleviate or cope with the...dare I say it?...change.
...until then, don’t try to sell it as an immutable truth. “The debate about global warming is over,” crowd is selling faith, not fact...they have completely lost sight of the scientific method. They have a conclusion and steps that need to be taken immediately to abate the problem...yet they still seek evidence for it, by any means necessary.