Those silly, wacky CANADIANS are so much fun!

What?? Shouldn't the Canadians be making maple syrup or playing hockey or something instead?? Where did they find the time for this? There are always conflicting theories in science and it is these conflicts that will allow the truth to eventually be found. The fact of the matter is that we humans and our lifespans are but a mere millisecond in terms of the age of the earth. Who is to say that the planet is not just going through it's phases without even the slightest concern towards our inputs? I do believe myself that we are certainly not helping in any way in terms of pollution, ozone layer depletion and salinity issues etc but there are still no definitive links that state categorically that these contributions speed up anything like the mean temperature of our planet..... The more they argue amongst themselves the closer we will get to true understanding so I say let them at it!

I completely agree. There is no such thing as "settled science". and science by consensus is not science, it is a political agenda. Global Warming/Climate Change is a political agenda, and the facts do not bear out the claims made by those who are driving this agenda. What else is there to say?

I thought everyone would have figured out by now that the global warming falaices have been created by a vast left-wing conspiracy so that they can blame even the bad weather on President Bush and other right-wing politicians. The trouble is, they have managed to convince the whole world that these falacies are true (even the Nobel Committee) so that now no one wants to listen to the scientific voice of reason about it. They are all too busy now trying to figure out how they are going to save the planet from an nonexistent enemy.

I'm not a scientist but you have to admit that the planet is trying to tell mankind something. If they keep using up all the natural resources of the planet one of the days they will be all gone and then what will mankind do. If you don't give the planet time to rejuvinate it's self what will happen. Just like animals some are wiped out and done by man for the love of hunting. So I don't knock what they say to some degree they could be right. Now lets just say if they are right and people keep ignoring what they have to say. Then what when it to late you can't say they didn't tell you.

I heartily agree with the idea that the research is a work in progress, and that the verdict is far from in. So far, politically, figures lie and liars figure. I hate to see something so potentially significant reduced to a rock fight between the right and the left. My gut tells me that there is something to man made warming, but I wouldn't lay off any bets on it. It's sorta like baptizing my kids; I don't believe in a hereafter, but I might be wrong, so I covered the bases for them. I'm not going overboard, though. Every time I start the car, I don't run into the yard and plant a tree. Come to think of it, I've never hugged one except to keep from falling out of my treefort. A vast left wing conspiracy has been mentioned; blaming Bush for the weather. This smacks of the same paranoia as when Hillary cited a vast right wing conspiracy against Bill. These are loud voices on either side, screaming above the din, not the bulk of liberals or conservatives. If I were to spout these theories to a neutral shrink, I'd be filling a Haldol prescription before the day was out. Foaming at the mouth, by either side, makes the words hard to understand and trivializes the whole issue.

I am bothered that all the bickering between the two groups only distracts from the real issue: the planet IS getting warmer, and what are WE going to do about it. Whether or not global warming is man-made does not absolve us of the responsibility for being good stewards of the earth. Our society is driven by a "Use it now" mentality. Those who do seek solutions are labeled as "crazy environmentalists" or "tree-huggers" by ultra-conservatives whose only care and concern has always been fattening their own wallets. They reason that if the earth becomes too hot to inhabit I won't be here so who cares? Whether or not we have made the planet hotter, I can't say. I can say that man, through irresponsibility, has harmed the environment.

Eh? Silly and wacky?? It is true there are many opinions on global warming and he causes thereof. There is no doubt in my mind that the activities of us human beings contributes and or speeds up globbal warming. The scientists are not united on this but I think it is correct to sound the alarm bells so we can slow down the wanton waste of finite resources, and have an influence on global warming.

If anyone should believe in global warming (regardless, of it's cause); you would think it would be the Canadians. After all, last year was the first time in recorded history where there was a NAVIGABLE Northwest passage and it runs right along the Northern Canadian border. Or, do they believe someone went out with a bunch of heaters and extension cords and melted all that ice by hand? And, if they doubted the satelite photos - they could have made a trip north themselves and checked it out in person.