It seems that both scientists and politicians agree that something is happening, but surprise! disagree what to do about it. This quote is part of an editorial from Tuesdays' Montreal Gazette. The conference they refer to is the recent failed one in The Hague.
"The failure to agree on what to do about climate change is a blow to many who still believe in that optimistic ideal we call Progress. The conference sends two messages: yes, a consensus exists among almost all governments that industrial gases are helping to worsen global warming and resulting effects ranging from drought to storms; but no, these governments will do nothing about it for fear that cutting emissions might cause an economic downturn.
In other words, the politicians prefer to focus on the short-term contentment of voters rather than the long term interests of their descendants."
First we were told that car exhaust was the culprit, then methane gas from cow f***s and from under the tundra and now "industrial gases" are causing global warming. Personally, my house is eighty feet above sea level, and when I have to trade the Dodge for an Evinrude, I'll say we have a problem.
Slasher, your theory about axis wobble may be a whole lot closer to the truth than you think. Some years ago, a chopper pilot found a petrified forest on an Arctic island. Not sure which, Axel Hieberg or Ellsmere, but well north of 60. Not just a few trees, but acres of them. They were a type of redwood that is normally found in Oregon or California. The most plausable explanation for that type of find that far north was axis wobble. Now, THATS global warming on a grand scale.