Well, I'm not a climate scientist, so I can't really say if it works or not. But if they can narrow there research even to a 1,000-year period (as they say it can), that's all they would need to support the data shown in
An Inconvenient Truth, and so far, it has all proven true. If it were one group or company posting these claims, I'd be inclined to think the findings are poor, but when almost every study by every organization the world over comes up with the same results, it definitely makes my head turn.
Quote: "You look at your skyline and the smog as evidence of global warming."
Smog doesn't only effect the ecology and whatnot of the specific region it's present in. The exaust from my car and your car gets trapped in the atmosphere. Solar radiation can't escape the atmosphere because of it, and is bounced back down to the surface. While I'd love to see Coney Island and the Jersey Shore stay warm year round, it doesn't work that way... it has a global impact. As a nation, we're pumping some ungodly number of tons of pollution into the atmosphere every day, and most scientists agree that it's directly effecting the global temperature because of those trapped gasses.
Quote: "In our country politicians are pointing fingers at so-called "deniers""
In ours, it's the exact opposite. Our politicians, many of whom are in the pocket of oil and industrial corporations, don't want to admit to global warming for much the same reason you or I wouldn't admit to our parents when we broke a lamp in the living room. They agree something should be done about it, but only at face-value... very few of them actually want to do anything about it. But blah, I'm getting political and we all know I of all people shouldn't do that, lol.
Again, I'm going back to sugar ethanol. It would be a win-win for everyone, not just in this debate, but in the whole world.... well, everyone who doesn't work for an oil company that is
. Fuel prices would be dramatically lower, pollution would be cut drastically, bus stations would smell like candy, and our cars would run smoother and longer
. In a side-by-side comparison, sugar ethanol beats petrol in almost every single way, shape, and form. I wouldn't mind paying $1 per gallon again (compared to $2.30 or whatever ridiculous price it's at today) and getting 30 miles out of each gallon... who would?
"In an interstellar burst, I'm back to save the universe"
