I think climate change is happening, with most of it being just the natural cycle of Mother Earth. Does man and all our modern machinery add to it? Sure, but our contribution is very small and localized. One large volcanic eruption would probably double or triple in a few days what we generate in a year.

I remember a show on the History Channel about the Minnie Ice Age, which started back around 1400 and lasted into the early 1800's. They had a letter from a French Cardinal written in the 1300's (prior to the start of the Minnie Ice Age), and he was complaining about the quality of Wine coming from England, and how it was hurting the Wine producers in France and Italy. His complaint was that the English wine was better.

One of the main points I took from the show was that the Minnie Ice Age took almost all of Europe from a Grape based to a grain based alcohol society, which is why America is more into Beer drinking than Wine. So, when England starts making better Wine than Beer I will know we are getting as warm as it was back in the 1300's. Until then we have a ways to go.

Tom

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)