Originally Posted by FetishTom

...the bit that narks me is the world has been chugging along nicely with higher average temperatures than today (balmy tropics everywhere), lower average temperatures (ice sheets covering most of the globe); mini warm periods with vine yards in England and mini ice ages with winter fairs held on a frozen Thames river...

...and all this fluctuation was done without mankind present of if he was before a car or plane or heavy industry was invented...

...but this time global warming is all down to mankind. Nothing else but you and me driving around and leaving a few lights on. Boy I just love the egotistical thinking behind this premise!

Thing is I remember the scare stories in the media and from the 'scientific community' that we are heading for a new ice age. 100% certain they were. So what happened to that? Did we have it and I missed it? But then I guess the boffins who have their noses in the grants trough never got anywhere peddling the line 'World OK. Nothing to worry about'.