[gandalftb]

The only certainty is uncertainty. The earth is a very complex ecosystem, this factor causes cooling, that factor causes warming, there is no definitive trend.

However, there are intuitive trends. Mankind is burning more hydrocarbons every day than ever before. That has to upset our planet ecosystem, but relatively how much? We know that earth has a tremendous capacity to absord and dampen mankind's insults.

The scientific data is disturbing and we should use to force political change away from burning oil, muslim oil, radical muslim knocking-our-buildings-down oil.......

[cogitator]

We know that earth has a tremendous capacity to absord and dampen mankind's insults.

In some cases. In other cases, relatively minor changes will cause significant damage.

The scientific data is disturbing and we should use to force political change away from burning oil, muslim oil, radical muslim knocking-our-buildings-down oil.......

Absolutely.

[Ditto]

Mankind is burning more hydrocarbons every day than ever before.

500 years ago, humans promarily relied on wood for light, heat, cooking and early industrial processes like iron making. Wood is many times more carbon intensive than hydrocarbons.