Furthermore, you must offer to the general public a cost associated to saving the phytoplankton. You are not going to be able to coerce people.

Global warming isn’t real!

Global warming isn’t man-made!

Global warming is real, but it’s harmless!

Wow. You just can’t make this stuff up.

Seriously…. wow.

…

Clearly you can, hence why we are even having this debate over “man-made” global warming in the first place.

People who follow the scientific method are now holding up to the glaring light of the scientific process, the dogma of “consensus” scientists of catastrophic warming. The data used by NOAA and GISS to establish the “warming” trend and predict their catastrophic temperature rises, was recently found to be skewed by a Y2K glitch, conveniently missed by a bunch of publicly funded “consensus” scientists. Hmmm, politics at play? Big fat government grants could be an incentive to not be so “scientific” with regards to how consensus scientitsts, reported their findings and developed their theories. Gotta keep the government cash flow flowing, eh?

I don’t disagree that the planet is warming, now, on a cyclical basis. The planet has been warming and cooling for a lot longer than humans have been around, or species that have died out becuase of failing to adapt to past climactic changes. What I disagree with is the condescending view of politicians, and others who support their view, thinking that the policies they promulgate will actually control our climate and thereby “save” us from ourselves. That is a whole other science best known as “political” science, not the science that we are discussing here.

As to your assertion that phytoplankton produce all our O2, study a bit of Geology, sport. Volcanic activity is the likely scenario that produced the major amounts of O2 present in our atmosphere, aided by photosynthesis. The same volcanic processes can just as easily affect our climate and have done so in the past. The cause of the Little Ice Age was due to volcanic activity, something we humans can not control. The history of the human species on this planet was drastically affected 74,000 years ago, by a massvie volcanic eruption in SE Asia. It not only wiped out most of the existing human species gene pool, but numerous other plant and animal species as well. Could happen again, maybe in your lifetime, too. Be prepared.

I don’t think that question is as relevant as “Do you think that life on earth can adapt to a warmer planet”. If phytoplankton, responsible for 90% of the world’s oxygen, cannot survive a global climate change, then chances are we could have a massive extinction. Humans would be unable to sustain their population, although it is conceivable a smaller population of our race could survive in any conditions through artificial means.

I furthermore find your argument rather odd. You don’t believe in the arguments of the majority of climatologists, but then cite Prime Minister Harper is not a climatologist, so he cannot possibly understand the science. So which is it you adhere to? Politicians, or scientists? Or neither? Perhaps you believe simply in hunches?

Harper is a politician, not a scientist. So, I do agree with your point “…is a spewer of tripe…”. I don’t have to agree with him. As for yourself: do you think that humans can control the earth’s climate? Before you answer, consider this: the planet has been several degrees warmer in the past than currently projected as a worst case scenario, for the future, with no great effect on the human race. Do you think that humans could not adapt to a warmer planet?

Well then, our own Prime Minister is an egotistical spewer of tripe as well. From APEC:

“the weight of scientific evidence holds that our atmosphere is getting hotter and that human activity is a significant contributor”

And on the Conservative action plan:

“Canada wants to be a world leader in the fight against climate change and in the development of clean energy.

So if you have issues with global warming being a natural phenomenon, I suggest you find a Prime Minister you agrees with you. Our very own Conservative one does not.

Globalization may have connected us economically, but we have always been a global ecosystem. Changes in climate can have devastating repercussions to the planet, including our own extinction. That’s why climate scientists are so concerned, not because we are burning incandescents, but because our very existence could be at stake in the future.

Global warming isn’t man-made!

Global warming is real, but it’s harmless!

Wow. You just can’t make this stuff up.

Seriously…. wow.

A much bigger, and more immediate problem, is how to deal with the ascension of the Asian giants, India & China, to the world’s most powerful economies. Their brand of ruthless capitalism may soon have a devastating effect on our Country, as we lose more industry, and now, even the auto sector may be undermined by cheaper vehicles from China. Remember, fifty years ago, everyone laughed at the idea that Japan could ever make a decent car.

Tourism has replaced a great portion of the former primary industry here in B.C., and towns all over the Province are suffering. The aging baby boomers, and the cost to the health care system of keeping us relics alive, is a more pressing issue than melting ice in the Arctic.

This continent has far bigger problems than alleged AGW, and hopefully, we will elect politicians who realize that, and put the New Religion on the back burner.

The fearmongerers think that as the waters rise people will see it creep up to their ankles, knees, chests, necks over the course of decades and be drowned.