Originally Posted by canoe

In this case I was sceptical myself when I first started hearing about all this. However I've seen alot of charts which pretty much put it in plain english comparing the CO2 levels and related average temprature. To put it bluntly they match up. I am definitely not a environmental nut or in any 'cult' but at a certain point I will acknowledge the obvious. This is something that unless your open minded and do a bit of research on your own your not going to have anyone else convince you during a conversation. You need to look at the hard data yourself, if your sceptical of the non-profits try to stick to the university and government agency websites. The data generally is the same but they tend to be a little more objective and stick to just presenting the data.

http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/warming/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C...ature-plot.svg
http://rainforests.mongabay.com/09-carbon_emissions.htm
Lots more on google.



I think we can influence it however I agree we can't completely control it. However I think we also need to accept human nature as part of the equation when planning. There is only so much that can be done on the prevention side.



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