Then why is there open water at the North Pole - when there wasn't 30 years ago and why is my lawn bright green at the first of December? Why do the meteorological records show the warmest summers and winters ever have all happened in the past few years?
The big reason for the increase in heating fuel is the increase in population. 300 million burn more fuel than 225 million did.
When you disagree with the AlGore crowd about WHY it is happening - don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
The open water at the N pole is the natural condition, although there have been periods of over-freeze occasionally.
You apparently live in an isolated warm spot; do you live in a city? Urban areas can buck the cooling trend due to concentrated energy use. All the data used to propagandize for Global Warming are urban. The Earth is definately cooling.