Is the idea of man-made global warming the next new religion?

"it's impossible to get accurate readings of the temperature thousands of years ago"

Whoever told you that, certainly wasn't a scientist. Most scientists will admit that the verdict is still out on how much effect our emmisions are truly having on climate change, its the politicians that promote or reject it with fervor like religion.

Its good to be cautious about jumping on politically popular postitions, however, keep in mind that the conservatives were claiming that the earth wasn't warming at all just 5 years ago, and as more and more scientific data becomes available, they have switched thier positions to Global warming isn't manmade. They were wrong before, and laughed at and belittled scientists claiming it was happening back then, so I have give little weight in what they have to say about it now, that it is conclusive that the world is warming.

If a majority of scientists agree that we are having an effect, I am prone to believe the majority, just as with gravity, volcanic theory and plate techtonics. That many educated people, all testing and measuring concurring has meaning.

The scientific consensus is well documented and vast.

The media is the only outlet that has portrayed a conflict of ideas. In the scientific community there is an overwhelming consensus that the science says the causes are man made. What you are saying is completely ill-informed and sounds basically like somebody who listened to a propagandist. Just wikipedia "scientific consensus on global warming", or read the Scientific American article on it, or read the statement by the National Science Academy or The European Science Academy or the Society for the Advancement of Science or one of any other 100-200 Scientific groups that have issued strong, affirmitive statements, backed by actual data (not anecdotal evidence like "Gee we had a really cold winter!").

All of these organizations have concurred, over and over again, that global warming exists and that its causes are almost certainly man-made. The media, which is largely controlled by multinationals with vested interests in fossil fuels, has presented the situation as a debate when in plain fact it is not.

I'm not convinced of global warming. However, a lot of research seems to support it. And, it can't be a bad thing to cut down on the poison we release into the atmosphere. As long as we don't destroy economies in the process.

And, sorry, but I don't believe any reporters were fired for asking questions.

First you believed what you heard about global being man made was true. Then you took a class that took the opposite point of view and now you believe that??????

THere is a lot of controversy amoung scientists regarding man made warming but either way its got all the earmarks of a just cause toward which we may all be driven for a number of years till the ice age starts then it will be man made global cooling and the christians will all mill around saying it is a sign of the end of times while we franticly burn fossil fuels trying to warm the place up and I like strawberries better than blueberrys

AGW is a Religion designed to promote Marxism. Deceit & Lies are just part of the MO. And if a high priest or two gets caught, well you can't tar the whole Religion for a few bad apples -right? Saving the planet is just too damn important. AGW believers will simply believe occasional moral lapses were done with good intent. The notion of 'confirmation' is a scientific one & AGW isn't science, it's faith. So rest assured nothing is confirmed.

I love it! I heard a few weeks ago that the polar caps are melting -- ON MARS! Now, that is one huge carbon footprint we cast.

FACT: China is buying carbon credits based on the state mandated abortions they require! They say: Each human, during its lifetime, contributes a certain number of tonnes of pollutants into the earth. Therefore, for each baby they kill they get to buy back the Carbon Credits which those humans won't be using. Then they get to increase the pollution from their industry.

Global Warming is really all about the money! Trillions of dollars to be had by adding a world-wide tax (carbon credits) on everything!

Did you know, Al Gore invented the Internet?

Right, so since global-warming doesn't exist, let's just rape the planet of every ounce of natural beauty it has, eh?

Whether or not it's real, what's the harm in going green?

But the fact of the matter is, the ice caps are melting and trees - which produce oxygen for animals like us to breathe - are being chopped down by the masses so we can continue being materialistic azzholes.

Ya...because you sound like a regular expert in the subject. Where'd you get your Ph.D? Harvard? Yale? Oxford? MIT?

Once Algore turns off the lights in his mansion, which btw consume 20 times the power of the average household, carbon emissions will be reduced

Two words: scientific. consensus. You're trying to claim that all the scientific reports summing up this consensus were written by...teh evul Librul m3dia! Even the big oil companies are abandoning their denial. Congratulations, you are true dead-ender.

edit: Libertarian. I'm so shocked. How about some actual scientific reading?: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/a...