The politics of ANYTHING are suspicious at best. That's because politicians are more interested in the next election than in the truth.

And of course no politician or administration is above coercing an organization into giving the results it wants. I suggest you look into how NASA was on the verge of losing funding, until the jumped on the global climate change issue. Politicians hold the purse strings, and those that want money fall in line with what is expected.

And how many of these are actually climate scientists? Very few, in point of fact. And most of the controversy is not in whether climate change is occurring as in what is causing it. Would you accept the opinions of a TV weatherman regarding your recent X-rays, or would you prefer to see a real doctor? Why is it, then, that people are more willing to accept the opinions of astrologers on global climate change over those of actual climatologists?

I am referring to climatologists. There are just as many that do not believe in global climate change as there are that do. Big difference those that disagree are impartial and receive zero government funding. Those that espouse global climate change either are funded by the government OR funded by corporations that are heavily invested in "going green"

You are quite correct. This is exactly what has been happening. That's because climate is a complex system built of complex systems. Temperatures tend to go up and down cyclically. The problem is that the temperatures at the peak of the cycle have been getting slowly higher, while those at the trough of the cycle have not been getting as low as previous troughs. The trend is constantly upward.

Again, this depends largely on whose study one is reading and quoting.

And this is why climate hypotheses had to undergo revisions before eventually becoming climate theories. And most of that hoopla in the 70's was actually caused by media misunderstanding of actual claims. As has been happening recently, there was a decline in global temperatures during the 70's, and some media hack(s) misrepresented much of the science.

Of course we all know that all current data is beyond reproach. Not one of the global climate crowd has been caught in a lie. Everything in Al Gore's book, and the movie based on the book is all true. Never ever been called into question.

Which is another good reason for NOT paying much attention to political, media and industrial leaders and listening to scientists instead.

Again I say the scientists that agree with global climate change are in the pocket(s) of politicians, media, and industrial leaders. This is easily verifiable.

It's just as unlikely that humanity could destroy all life on the planet. We might destroy ourselves, though, or at least our civilization. It's possible we could reduce the human population to the point where we would become extinct. More likely, though, we will continue to evolve, becoming a different species altogether eventually.

I never said we would destroy humanity. There were survivors in Japan. There would be survivors no doubt. As for evolving...All I can say is perhaps your ancestors came from apes or other life forms. Mine did not. We could argue all day about that I am sure. I believe evolution is a myth at best.

While all this might be true, it has absolutely nothing to do with the SCIENCE of climate change. Only with the politics.

The ENTIRE point of view on global climate control IS political. It's a way to regulate the United States, pick Our pockets more. Make us responsible for the world. How come NO ONE says jack shit about China. A Place that is so polluted, the Christian Bale couldn't even swim in Shang Hai harbor. Let's ALL go green. When China commits, then let's talk about the USA following Before any one wonders what the China think is all about. They have not agreed to any treaty on "global climate change". But dammit let's cripple America more, lose more American jobs, and gain nothing. Except a much poorer country.

There are literally THOUSANDS of pieces of evidence which, when taken together, all point to gradually increasing global temperatures. Whether anything we do can actually help is a different story. My personal opinion is that it's too late for anything we do to make a significant difference.

Not to beat the proverbial dead horse here. Many many many of these "pieces of evidence" come with their own questions. Many of them have been proven to be false. Or based upon false information. Some have even been completely made up. Of course this all falls on deaf ears.

Climate change has happened in the past and will undoubtedly happen in the future. It would be silly of us to dismiss the possibility that it could be happening now, especially when there is so much evidence to show that it IS happening now, and at an unprecedented rate. Whether or not humanity has caused it, it is happening. And human activity is certainly not helping to minimize the effects. Maybe there is nothing we can do to stop it. Especially if actually doing something would cause us any inconvenience. That would just be TOO much to ask, wouldn't it?

Humanity has not caused this. Given up all the comforts we have will not change it. Electric cars still use fossil fuels. We need to burn coal to power the plants that make electricity. Those little curly q light bulbs are going to become a pain in the ass. They are filled with mercury. As soon as there are no incandescent light bulbs left to be purchased see how long it takes until there is a Federal agency to deal with disposing those little bastards. So apparently it is just peachy keen fine if the Government tells each and every American citizen what kind of light bulbs they can have in their homes. What's next? The Light bulb police?