"However, it is APPARENT the Earth is warming"
Apparently, like beauty, global warming is in the eye of the beholder.
I haven't seen any incontrovertible evidence that:
1. Temperatures are rising all over the globe(in fact there have been reports that "global warming" may actually result in a new ice age)
2. That it is caused by man's activities
3. That even if it were real, the net effect would be negative
4. That we could do anything to stop it (Kyoto would reduce the temp by at most half a degree)
5. That we couldn't adapt - humans are not exactly the spotted owl.
6. That it's even remotely close to being the imminent disaster that the hysterical reports make it out to be. It just doesn't keep me up at night!
But I agree with you on one point - if it is happening, I would look for natural causes first. Isn't it interesting how little research is being done (as far as I'm aware) on this possibility. The reason in my view is because it doesn't serve the purpose of the people behind this scam.
That temperatures are rising is incontrovertible. That man has anything to do with it is not. That man can do anything to change it is also up in the air.