Kyo I agree that the Treaty resolves nothing.
But look at the Earth's natural cycles and global warming, if it were an ice-age somehow we'd still be at fault. It happened 100,000 years ago and were just on the flip side of it. We've just made the flip side worse and forced it to go to the extreme.
Articles such as this one show how short sited and how quickly we forget past occurences.
Global warming is a very valid threat, but bear in mind the Earth itself runs in cycles ranging from hundreds, thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years.
We again are caught in the constant shift that this big blue ball goes through.
Does global warming attribute? Most certainly. Can we reverse the effects of what damage has been done, not quick enough to counter another 50 to 100+ years of turbulent weather. That is only if we should act now and stem the usage of fossil fuels. Not gonna happen.
Natural occuring things like volcanic eruptions, gas pocket releases, dust storms, even excessive evaporation of water contribute to warming.
To be fair in this post, we reap what we sow. We as humans have contributed more pollutants, particles, and aerosols to the atmosphere in the last 100 years than the Earth released in equal amounts over a few thousand.
My recommendations on this is use this thread on impact to economy to gauge an appropriate response to this crisis. It's definately more far reaching than most are comfortable to admit. a-3-7 posted the article from Stratfor and that should serve as sufficient warning to everyone to stock up on necesscities and prepare for some austere times.
I'm goin' shopping after work to restock a few items.
Edited to add: Seems AL beat me too the same point.
