Climate Change?, Is it for real Options

[onmageetar]

I notice people have touched on the subject already but do we all believe that the current mass hysteria is actually justified....?

We are all led to believe that the majority of world scientists support the fact that the current warming trend of the planet is caused by us.
We are told that the Earth is warming faster than ever before. But how do we define "ever before"? Some scientists say since records began, a mere 300 - 400 years. Some say in the last 5000 years. The earth is 4.5 billion years old! What is 300, 400, 5000 years compared to that?
Around the year 1200 northern Europe was a full 2°C warmer than it is now. What would we attribute that to? we certainly can't blame human emissions.

The Earth has been warming up and cooling down all on it's own since day 1. Certainly I don't think there is anything wrong with trying to live a little more planet friendly. But I think the Harbingers of doom are promoting paranoia.

[Rock Star Guy]

to be honest I think we need to be more worried about emissions that contribute to acid rain than CO2 emissions,

the level of CO2 in the atmosphere increases world food production (plants take in more, so does plankton in the sea which fish then feed on, etc. etc.) water vapour is a more problematic greenhouse gas than CO2 (if they really do have an affect)

the sun is getting hotter (it is at its hottest in 8,000 years)... contributes little towards global warming.

To say the heat of the sun doesn't affect the heat of this planet is complete anathema.