Decaflon

I'm not really sure if you got an answer to your question, and I'm reluctant to wade in because it's too easy to get caught up attempting to counter "arguments" that are essentially a waste of time... oops. there I go.

As I am sure you know, when we burn fossil fuels we are burning stored carbon that we're pulling up from the ground - either in the form of oil, coal, or natural gas.

The carbon cycle on earth is a closed system. All that carbon in the ground was once in the atmosphere or in some form of organic living matter on earth.

Over hundreds of thousands, millions, of years, that carbon was removed from the atmosphere and sequestered in the ground.

Over the last 150 or 200 years we've belched back into the atmosphere the carbon that took millions of years to get into the ground.

I suppose there are people that will somehow deny that simple fact, but there you go, human activity is altering a natural cycle.

Of course, it is much more complex than that. But too many seem to get caught up in the word "theory" when it comes to climate science. A fundamental misunderstanding of science is that there is anything that is NOT a theory in science. Scientist are still studying the theory of gravity, but you don't see anyone attributing the study to left-wing Al Gore loving scientists out ot made a buck with grant money.

There is plenty of empirical evidence of climate change - as in the arctic from which I recently returned assisting a scientific expedition - but people get caught up in localized weather and the political agenda of the likes of James Imhoff - or simply stop at Al Gore - to find out what scientists on the ground are doing and saying.

Anyway, I've gone off like I promised I wouldn't. If you really want to find out about climate change, you should check out an excellent series of videos produced by a science teacher on YouTube. His moniker on YT is WonderMind42 and you can find his stuff here. There's a lot to listen to and I'd suggest you take the time, but if not, listen to at least some of what he has to say. It will explain the science and give you some things to think about.