Isn't payback wonderful?

[thewoodman]

Hate to even enter the fray...I don't know that I've ever seen any debate on this topic that changed anyone's mind.

GAD seems to suggest that he has provided some facts, but all I've seen from him is rhetoric.

Do you accept that the climate is really warming? Do you accept that increasing levels of greenhouse gases have the capacity to affect the temperature of the earth? Do you accept that CO2 in the atmosphere has risen in the last century? Do you accept that fossil fuels contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, and at an increasing rate?

If you accept all of these FACTS...then you must accept that we are having some impact. The degree, and when it will make a noticeable difference are the only issues really open to debate.

Is that an excuse not to do what we can to avert a potential crisis? This may come in two forms. First, reducing our output of greenhouse gases to reduce our impact, and second, preparing for changes in precipitation, water supplies, flooding, sea level, etc.

Even, if you don't accept the premise that we have any impact or control, if you believe the climate is actually warming we must prepare for changes in the way we live. The argument that everyhting is hunky-dory because the earth has been warmer and colder in the past is kind of absurd. There used to be dinosaurs too...thank god they aren't roaming the streets of our cities now.