What's Really Warming the World?

I like to remind people that Joseph Fourier figured out the Greenhouse effect about 200 years ago, well before there was any good indication we were turning the Earth into Venus

What makes me mad about these kinds of data based climate change arguments is that they don't engage with the data in an honest way.

The huge problem is 1880 was one of the coldest years in history. That cold period was caused by volcanism, several volcanos erupted causing a cold period that lasted from the 1600s to the late 1800s. This period is known as the little ice age. The worst of this period was in 1816 which was known as the "year without a summer." The Earth has gradually been warming since then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age

So when we track from the little ice age to now and say the world as gotten warmer and present this as unusual or surprising findings, you know that they are not being honest with you.

I'm not saying that climate change isn't happening, I'm not saying it isn't man made. All I'm pointing out here is that proponents of global warming aren't engaging with the facts in an honest and forthright way.

You shouldn't care about what reference is taken. The point is that compared to any reference, the curve is increasing.

> The only real question is: What are we going to do about it?

Zilch, so long as politicians corrupted by the fossil fuel industry are in power.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" -- Upton Sinclair

You're right. However, it's hard to argue with the speed at which this warming occurs. It's never seen before if you look at all the records we have. That's what's worrying.