But, see, the deal is that people that do not believe in global warming as caused solely by Man have to prove that it isn't. That's the kind of science that the global warming adherents are using.

I love their whole "consensus" thing. At one time everyone believed the earth was flat. Science proved that wrong.

I'm sure, based on everything I have read, that man has some impact on temperatures around the world, but is it climate, or micro-climate?

And it just amazes me that those who believe feel that the Sun and natural earth forces play no part in the temps being up about 1 degree C since 1850. Just the emissions of a trace gas from objects that didn't even exist in the 1800's, and were not even all that widespread till the 1940's.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_sc/polar_trek_1

"A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite" "...Then there was the cold — quite a bit colder, Atwood said, then Bancroft and Arnesen had expected. One night they measured the temperature inside their tent at 58 degrees below zero, and outside temperatures were exceeding 100 below zero at times, Atwood said. "...They were experiencing temperatures that weren't expected with global warming," Atwood said. "But one of the things we see with global warming is unpredictability."

Yeah, 1 degree C in 150 years or so. Considering that you needed 132 degrees F to make it a "balmy" 0 F, maybe you should have waited a few years to visit--like say 8000 years. Or stop watching Al Gore movies or looking at those pictures in Time where the Inuit are wearing Speedos.

I am waiting for (not hoping for, mind you) one of these global warming as caused by Man zealots to get attacked and killed by a polar bear. They don't seem to realize that they are an apex predator with a bad temper.

Of course that's "132 degrees F to make it to freezing" above. I'd still check the weather forecast before I went.

I love it! A perfect post. Your tagline is brilliant. :-)