According to the theory, we are suppose to be in a period of accelerating warming, yet we are cooling.
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One would really have to see on the basis of some analysis what this really represents," he told Reuters, adding "are there natural factors compensating?" for increases in greenhouse gases from human activities.
The entire canard of Global Warming is based on placing controls on human activities because humans are causing the warming. They want to control human activity, since controlling the Sun is not possible and not taxable. So they have to be dragged kicking and screaming to look at any effects that lead to less control of human activities. Like the above quote illustrates. They assume that 'natural factors' are compensating for the human factors causing Global Warming. They will not even acknowledge the possibility that human global cooling factors could be compensating for the human global warming factors. That possibility cannot not even be acknowledged because it would mean additional controls on humans are not presently needed. A true scientist would now start questioning the Human induced Global Warming theory. Observations are not supporting the theory. Either the theory is wrong or some other factor is of a magnitude much greater then the theory. IE - The sun. The main problem with all this is we as a people should not have to freeze to support some Utopian Theory of Control. People are literally freezing to death all over the Northern Hemisphere and these Utopian Idealist could care less.