Is Global Warming a Hoax?

[OngBonga]

I would expect humans to cause an increase in global temperature. Not just because of the burning of fossil fuels, I'd have thought the prime problem is cutting down those things that breathe in CO2.

But it's very much clear that global warming is being used an an excuse to slap costly countermeasures on commerce, and to creep our heating bills up.

It's obvious, because when I look at charts like the one savy posted, with the alarming warming trend over tens of thousands of years, I naturally ask myself how anyone could know how fucking warm the planet was back in those days to an accuracy we take for granted today.

Especially considering we didn't even know how to measure temperature until the 1600's. Up until then we were measuring heat.

Thus, I conclude that such charts are utter bollocks.

[Poopadoop]

But it's very much clear that global warming is being used an an excuse to slap costly countermeasures on commerce, and to creep our heating bills up.

I thought the world was being run by commercial interests...why would they want to penalize themselves?

[Hoopy]

But it's very much clear that global warming is being used an an excuse to slap costly countermeasures on commerce, and to creep our heating bills up.

This is not the case. Governments in general have been extremely reluctant to impose regulations on commerce. Like MMM said for one government to go fully clean will put it at a disadvantage compared to everyone else.

What we really need is a global price on carbon emissions so that all governments have an incentive to reduce their CO2.