Global Warming

This whole subject sounds like a science fiction "end of the world" type thing huh? Something Steven Spielberg would make a movie about to scare the hell out of the audience and make another fortune.
Is it real or is it just more scare nonsense from the radical nutcases of the world?

Not being a scientist, I have no idea at all but there seems to be a very loud and insistent minority of scientist who say the end is near and a whole bunch of them who say its nonsense. Oh, who to believe?

The ones who think it's true are basically saying that this whole problem started when man started spewing crap in the atmosphere, choking it off with horrible chemicals, which started causing the temperatures to rise on the earth and they will eventually melt all the ice caps and drown all the coastal towns and cities. According to them, it will also start wreaking the natural balance that has existed from the beginning of time and kill off whole species of animals and eventually even humans.
Now the whole premise of this theory is it's all caused directly by humans screwing up the planet with our ignorant and wasteful use of the resources the Earth has given us.

Now the other scientist are saying this whole thing is just a natural cycle that has nothing whatsoever to do with humans at all. That these cycles have happened throughout the Earth's history and our little time here is insignificant and has no bearing at all on these natural long term climate cycles. That we are like fleas on an elephant as far as importance to the Earth as a whole. The folks on this side are also saying that this whole thing is a politically motivated boondoggle, only dreamed up by short sighted people who want to charge everyone a crap full of money for non existent causes.

My opinion on all this is I do think it is a very long term natural cycle that is far beyond our little minds to understand at all. Having said that, I also believe we could be contributing to the problem with our "Crap in the air" and could and should do all we can to start thinking and acting responsibly on this Earth to preserve and protect this whole delicate balance. I don't think we should all become "Chicken Little" and start running around screaming "The end is near!". Nor do I think we should be the Ostridge and just stick our heads in the sand and pretend that nothing is wrong.

Just being alive and living here on this planet is flat out a miracle for sure. Just a slight change in temperature, sunlight hours, air quality and a whole bunch of factors could easily boot us off the planet with incredible ease.

Will Global Warming kill us all soon or will this cycle just change to something else better for us in time to save our asses? Hell, I sure don't know. Just like all the rest of you, I'm just a flea on an Elephants back and can't even see the ground, much less know anything about it.