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Originally posted by Shek
Here are a few facts: Over 95 percent of the greenhouse effect is the result of water vapor in Earth's atmosphere. Without the greenhouse effect, Earth's average temperature would be zero degrees Fahrenheit. Most climate change is a result of the orbital eccentricities of Earth and variations in the sun's output. On top of that, natural wetlands produce more greenhouse gas contributions annually than all human sources combined. end quote
This pretty much sums up what I believe to be true. Man really has not very much impact on the global enviroment. Man can have a great impact on local/regional enviroments. However, the earth has a tendency to recover very well after man has fouled up an area.
The fact is, and it has been demonstrated well by evidence posted in this thread, that the earth is going to have climate changes regardless of what man does. As shown by the 2000 year reconstruction, we can see that we have only had about a four degree F variance in the global average. We have not even reached the record of the MWP as of yet, according to that evidence. However we have noticed cooling for the past seven years and I would bet that in a few more years we may see another warm up, regardless of our actions.
At this time I would have to say that Chicken Little(al Gore) has sounded the alarm but only to his own benefit. I think the next few years will show us the error of literally panicking in the face of a fear that is niether as bad as suggested and even if it is, there is not much we can do to stop it.
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