Dan,

You have to explain this to me. I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to say.

I personally believe in global warming, but with one caveat. It is not totally manmade such as Al Gore and most of the left have tried to lead us to believe. I do believe that greenhouse gases have significantly contributed to the warming, but to ignore the fact that Earth is still coming out of an ice age is ridiculous.

As an engineer, I am familiar with the debate in the science community over global warming. There is a debate, and both sides have showed plenty of evidence to support their work. Unfortunately many on the left have failed to review the evidence that disagrees with their own work. Try listening to both sides, and you would be amazed.

By all means if someone wants to reduce their carbon footprint, I'm all for it. But don't be a hypocrite and tell me what to do, and then live by your own set of rules.

The point is to try to say that people who believe that global warming doesn't exist are like people who don't believe in evolution. Of course, coming out and saying there is consensus is disingenuous given the wide array of scientists who question the current research.

Most comments about global warming these days are designed to win political points without discussing the issue, which is exactly what Dan is trying to do here.

I'm not aware of any actual peer-reviewed scientific writings that don't think humans are contributing to global warming (or that global warming doesn't exist). If you guys are going to claim that there's debate about it in the scientifiic community, how about citing some actual peer-reviewed literature?

"Proof by vigorous assertion" sure seems to be a popular debating technique nowadays.