"Global Warming" is a hot-button issue. It's been politicized to the point that people define themselves by whether or not the believe in it, as though it is some kind of religion or god. This would be hilarious if it didn't have the potential of being so broadly destructive--there are good reasons behind our collective shunning of theocracies.
This topic has been discussed at obscene length by an enormous number of people, many of them much smarter and better informed than I am. I only wanted to point out a recent article and use it to defend my position that whether or not our globe is warming (or cooling, or whatever) really shouldn't be politicized as much as it has been.
I read this first here, via FuturePundit, and then decided to check out the whole article.
The short of it is that scientists are becoming better informed of what causes the natural cooling and warming cycles of the Earth. They're also starting to think they might be able to predict future temperature developments: it's partially based on other solar movement, such as Jupiter and/or Saturn tugging at Earth's orbit.
The article goes on to say that carbon emissions may or may not be responsible for accelerated warming, but if it is, we might want to reduce emissions now in order to save up fuel for increasing them in the future--to avoid a future ice age.
That's an interesting talking point you won't hear in all the hysterical politics surrounding the most evil of all elements. People are too busy with idiotic things like this, this, and this. And then, in case you still have faith in humanity, this.
Climate change is a valid topic of concern. Problems arise when people cling to the issue as either a weapon or measure of defense.
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