Re: Aaarrrggghhh!

The Real Bev wrote:

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First of all, relax.  Global warming is a natural phenomenon - the 
world climate runs in cycles over millions of years.  The reason I 
say this is that, contrary to what the UN and others say,  the CO2 
component of the atmosphere is really tiny.  A more likely culprit is 
the slight variations of the earth's orbit around the sun.  Man in his 
ultimate level of ignorance often thinks that things such as this are 
under his control and can't accept it when they aren't.  
Unfortunately the UN has hardly been objective in all of this.  The 
Kyoto treaty was essentially a wealth redistribution plan that was 
going to virtually shut down economies of the industrialized world.  
There is a reason that the US Senate voted 95-0 to reject the treaty 
back during Clinton's term in office.  The rules that applied to us 
were not applicable to countries like China and India.  It was a 
ludicrous attempt.  The fact is that there are many components that 
influence climate change (it is so complex that no computer 
models are in existence that can retroactively predict events that 
actually occurred) we really don't have a definitive idea about the 
primary contributors.  If orbital variations are the chief reason then 
CO2 levels are meaningless.  Knowledge is the key and 
consensus means nothing - remember over time the vast 
consensus of scientists at one time or another thought the world 
was flat, the earth was the center of the solar system, diseases 
were transmitted through the night air - the list is endless.  
Granted we have better measuring equipment and more 
understanding but the fact remains we are missing an enormous 
amount of knowledge and these so-called predictions are pure 
speculation.