Yet we are told that the science is settled.
One aspect of global warming that always troubles me, is that, even if we accept the premise than man’s activity affects things, that there are obvious natural cycles occurring which are beyond our control or understanding.
For example, there have been numerous ice ages in earth’s history. Chicago was buried under a mile of ice during the last ice age. All that ice melted because of some natural climate changes which caused warming and melting. That ice didn’t melt because Cro Magnon man had coal fired power plants.
No "real" scientist would ever make such a statement. Anyone who does automatically disqualifies themselves to bear the title, no matter their credentials.
Here's some more REAL settled science....conductors moving in a magnetic field generate electric currents. The sun has a magnetic field. The interior of the earth is a conductor. If the suns field gets more intense (and it has), how much more energy is directly deposited in the earth's interior??
This source of energy is completely non-photonic, bypasses the atmosphere completely, and is totally unaccounted for, yet could be a major driver for increasing vulcanism.
I have yet to see anyone (aside from myself) even mention it is a possibility, yet the science behind it is as settled as it can get.