I think that there is value in what you both say, but perhaps you are both taking positions on the extremes of your beliefs instead of working for common ground.
There is certainly a vast amount of research that has been produced recently that supports the theory that we are in a period of Global Warming that is exascerbated by Man. However, there is apparently no acceptance of other factors that may be contributing to Global Warming such as recovery from Krakatoa, natural cycles etc.
There is also, in my view, a requirement to display healthy scepticism for the evidence produced by a percentage of said scientists who have a vested interest through either beliefs or funding in producing the 'right' conclusions.
It should also be said that any evidence is subject to interpretation, which can usually be relied upon to produce a spread of possible results rather than one conclusive result.
Finally, it should be remembered that the massed might of the scientific world in 2006 is still unable to give us an accurate weather forecast for this afternoon.
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