I have been watching the debate throughout the years.  I have read many articles about both sides of the argument.  Some say that temperatures rising 1 degree Celsius on average over the last 100 years is proof that the earth is warming.  They mention that there seems to be less ice in the polar caps and that the glacial ice seems to be melting worldwide.

On the other hand, I have heard hundreds of scientists argue that the earth is going through one of its many cycles of warming and cooling.  They prove it through the drilling of ice in the pole that historically, layer by layer, show the cyclic nature of our earth.  They also note old trees and their rings marking the historical shifts.

So who do I believe.  Those who say that we are warming are those who also say that we are in for the worst kind of global catastrophes should this warming, which may be accelerated by our industry, continue full march.  These same scientists and groups are also those who are leading the markets in developing alternative energies through solar, wind, and geothermic technologies.  They stand to lose a lot of money that has been invested into these options on a global scale.  And this in addition to causing, through their media contacts, a global pandemic of fear and paranoia.  There are many nations, in fear and paranoia, that would be severely disrupted, economically depressed and prone to more fighting and wars than all the international governments could control.

Those who say that there is no global warming crisis, may also be those who are supported by the current technologies, namely oil and natural gas products.  However, they are also those who are supporting more sane and civil efforts globally.  They are supporting the maintaining of global markets and economies.  They support a sane effort to keep our world on an even keel and out of the deep end of irrationality.

As you can probably see by now, after all the chips are down, whom I support.  The purported evidence of our global average temperature increasing by 1 degree Celsius over the last 100 years is absolutely no reason to take our aim off maintaining the stability and rationality of an entire world.

The fact that after all we humans can produce in CO2 and other emissions has had a global effect of a fraction of a percent is another reason not to panic and call this a “global crisis” amongst other things.

Here are a few articles to help you in your decision.  I will add more as I come across them:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,334682,00.html

http://mysite.verizon.net/mhieb/WVFossils/ice_ages.html