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> We should never doubt climate change as is presented to us,

Oh god, you're one of them, aren't you?

It's not like there's literally decades of evidence showing climate change to be objective truth...

Sigh.

Great job.

Please understand the "as is presented to us".

I'm not denying climate change as a whole or in absolute, I just want to point out that there's enough evidence to think that the world as we know it won't actually end in 2012 as some studies indicate.

Climate change is a part of Earth's lifecycle. There have been ice ages, and there have been periods like jura, when it was warmer. It's all natural.

What you probably mean is how humans influence this cycle; whether accelerating or delaying it, in effect disrupting it. For that, there's no evidence; however, there are many politician lobbyists (and yes, also scientists taking advantage of juicy grants to deliver what was ordered) going to capitalize on the fear that it might be.

> how humans influence this cycle; whether accelerating or delaying it, in effect disrupting it. For that, there's no evidence;

Le sigh.

Here is a graph to explain the difference between what's happening now and previous changes:

https://xkcd.com/1732/

Do you get it?