Stan:
point well taken! but.... (yes there is always a but!)
we were told by many of the same scientists that support global warming back in the 70's we were going back into an iceage
and it was because of man's effect on the ecosystem.
just because the popular belief seems to have massive support, you cannot say with any certainty that it has any more or less credibility
than your frazer institute, because
there is money, huge money at stake on both sides of the issue
same as with the stock market,, billions are made when the market goes up,, we all know that,, but there are also billions that are made
when the markets recede or collapse.
just because the frazer institute is a for profit, does not make them necessarily wrong,, because even the nonprofit groups have a money trail
and an agenda as well.
quite frankly personally i do not believe the common man will ever know for absolute certainty whether or not there is global cooling or warming
in the near term,,, there is basically too much money, power, and other motives at play and those that are at the top of the food chain are only
going to tell us what advances their cause,, period.
the bottom line is,,, who knows? and what really can you do about it one way or another?
nothing, nada, zip!
or for the sake of an arguement,,
cut all fossil fuel useage say 10%,,, (isn't going to happen on a world scale), and then wait a hundred years to see the results.
then the scientists will argue the meaning of the results for another hundred years.
meantime we can have another huge volcanic eruption that puts us in a two or three year winter, such as what happened in the early 1800's
and then everyone includeing the scientists will run in that direction.
the problem is so complex, with so many variables and insufficient data, there is no way on god's green earth that anyone is going to be
able to prove global anything.
have you heard that the oceans have been warming over each of the last 20 or 25 years, save for the last two?
the last 2 years they cooled,, and the same scientists that go ape over global warming are at a loss to explain why.
i dunno ,, maybe i need to go hug a tree
bob g