[llamabeast]

When people suggest global warming doesn't exist, or even may not exist, it makes me want to cry.

There are few scientific theories so well supported by evidence, I believe. If it was in people's interests to believe it, everyone would have thirty years ago.

As a scientist who studied a lot of atmospheric chemistry in my undergrad, seriously it's a no-brainer.

The trouble with all these things is that in a world with so many facts, you can always find a few to support any argument. So the anti-GW people can put together a very convincing argument, backed up by real facts. If you're not willing to spend a lot of time on it, it's hard to distinguish it from, say, a pro-GW argument which is backed up by like a hundred times as many facts. Because they can't fit that many facts into a coherent argument.

/End of distressed rant