On 30-6-2009 13:40, John VanSickle wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> John VanSickle <evi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>> The evidence that we have had any significant effect on the planet's 
>>> climate is far from conclusive.
>>
>>   The significant increase in CO2 emissions by humans in the last 100
>> years and the significant increase in CO2 levels in the atmosphere in
>> the last 100 years is certainly a heck of a coincidence.
> 
> Well, nobody's arguing against that.
> 
> What many people are arguing is that the evidence for catastrophic 
> anthropogenic global warming is far from conclusive, and that an 
> increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide is actually beneficial overall. 
> These many people include thousands of scientists with bachelors, 
> masters, and doctorate degrees in climatology, computer science, 
> physics, chemistry, engineering, and biology.
> 
> The idea that there is a consensus among scientists on this issue is false.

There is a general consensus that there is anthropogenic global warming, 
  what is in discussion is whether it will be catastrophic. Some believe 
it definitely will be, some don't and a majority thinks that we should 
not take the risk. I have never heard a serious argument that it is 
beneficial, other than in the pub, but I am not living in the USA.

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