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It seems that everything these days is due to global warming, followed closely by, "most likely the result of human activity" however, as I look deeper into climate change and possible causes, it seems less and less likely that it is caused by human activity and more likely by solar activity (or more correctly, lack of solar activity). The last time there was a lack of sunspots for as long as we've been monitoring them, it was at the beginning of the 'Little Ice Age", a period of time too early in the Industrial Revolution to have CO2 as a cause. Insofar as greenhouse gasses having an effect, the layer of the atmosphere that would trap greenhouse heat simply isn't warming up at all, further casting doubt on the anthropomorphic origin of this (possible) climate change. Another piece of the puzzle that has come to light (but not highly publicized) is the model used to 'prove' human cause was fault-ridden and discredited. Also, the IPCC report seems not to have had the number of scientists actually signing off on that aspect as was reported; and many of those scientists have asked that their names be removed due to the heart of the report having been changed after they approved it; so that now, the released report is considerably different than what was originally presented for peer review. Nevertheless, there is so much potential money at risk for many people to openly expose the discredited data that we are going to be coughing up vast sums of tax dollars to combat something that cannot be changed, unless someone finds a way to get the sunspot cycle to restart, that is. Follow the money and you'll never go wrong when trying to track down political bunk; and this topic has turned into nothing but political bunk - just watch the flame this comment generates and ask yourselves, is this science or is it passion? Why on Earth would anybody believe anything that Al Gore has to say about anything intellectual or scientific? He didn't invent the internet or have anything to do with it. The internet was developed at C.E.R.N. a long time before Al Gore ever heard of it. The ice caps melt every summer and a thousand years ago there was likely no permanent ice cap (at the north pole) at all! That was when the Vikings colonized Greenland, something that couldn't be done today without massive resupply efforts. If the Earth is warming up then that's a good thing! It has been too cool for too long now and has been in need of re-stabilizing about (at least) 5 degrees C warmer than it has been. Unfortunately, over the past couple of years, and predicted to go on for at least another twenty, it has cooled and will continue to cool. The average temperature now is back to where it was back at the start of the twentieth century. Even if the Earth were to heat up several degrees and the sea levels were to rise, that would not be as tragic as we are lead to believe. For one thing, the northern plains and the Steppes of Asia would become huge bread-baskets to feed the displaced people of the world. We would gain far more arable land than we'd lose; and all to the benefit of humanity. Please, before blasting this with vitriol, do some real research on what I've written. If you do, and do it honestly, you'll see that I have. Anthropomorphic Global Warming (AGW) is a political scam to get money and power to an elite group at the UN for world control under one-world government. That, people, would not be utopia, no matter haw desirable you might think it. Even if good-willed people initially had that control, eventually some evil-minded people would take over and then it would be all over for humanity. Eugenics is the goal, dropping the world-wide population to under 2 billion is a target, Global warming is the means. (Why do you think you would be a survivor? More than 2 out of three people would have to go!) Consensus is not Science, it is politics. That's the first clue that something is wrong here with AGW. Regards, AWattsJr