As Buzz stated there are many arguments on both sides of this climate change topic. Many people think that it is a forgone conclusion that we are in preventable global warming Remember in the 70's when we were just starting a global cooling cycle? I personally don't know what the answer is and don't think anyone can prove it one way or another since climate change happens over thousands (or millions) of years -- not 5 - 10 years or even 100 years. The earth is just coming out of an ice age and is about average in temperature and nowhere close to the maximum when you look at cycles in millions of years. Unfortunately, we usually only hear one side of the story since that is popular and a good way to redistribute wealth from the first world countries to the third world countries. (How many times have you seen articles about the thickening of the ice in Antarctica vs loosing ice in the Arctic?) The only thing we really know is that the earth always changes and is never static although we would like it to stay the same. Here is an article that was written by 100 scientists giving the "other side of the story" >http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/open-letter-100-scientists-ban-ki-moon
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