Global Warming/Cooling, or is it both, Is Al Gore Insane, or a fraud.  

ha ha ha! I almost ROFL ROFL ROFL on reading your discussion contents. Yeah, I agree with you for your saying. Unfortunately, I've just replied to one discussion in this same issue and we all are being cheated by G8 Summit and Al Gore. This is my interesting answer to that discussion really as my full answer to your discussion;
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1883831.aspx

G8 SUMMIT & G8 PLUMMET...ha ha ha ha ha!

I think he is a whack job. Thank you for the info and the link. Gore has been driving me crazy since he started this crap. the idea that we can control mother nature is so ludicrous I don't know what to say. but Gore is getting what he was setting out for, carbon tax credits. Yay! we found a new tax for something that doesn't exist!

That's pretty interesting. Will have to check out that site when I have more time. So now there's two conflicting types of events occurring - cooling and warming.

Quite frankly, I think there is plenty of scientific evidence for BOTH sides. I've seen programs about the wildlife on Antartica - namely penguins (and NO, I'm not talking about the March of the Penguins) and how they're really struggling with nesting because their usual spots are warming up and getting smaller. There was also a news article just this week about how a portion of Antartica's ice shelf was about to fall off.

Your evidence makes perfect sense as well. So... what does this sort of conflict mean for the earth? Will the ice age win out over the warming?

I have always heavily doubted global warming, I think there are cycles of temperature the earth goes through primarily caused by the sun. Global warming is Al Gore's tool to get power, that's all.

My beliefs on this issue are based on science. And I believe that global warming/cooling is a natural phenomenon and is not a threat. Al Gore is worse than insane or a fraudulant liar; he is a former politician. You are correct about the affect the sun has on our climate. Also, the oceans affect our climate. And, scientists have discovered that in past years, going way back thru history, that during times when there was an increase in global temperatures there was also corresponding volcanic activity in various locations around the world. There are so many factors that affect the climate and the weather. We can try to control the manmade greenhouse gas emissions all we want but that is just a drop in the bucket when you think about all the other factors that contribute to changes in the climate, factors that are totally beyond our ability to control. But most greenhouse gasses are natural, not manmade. Only 3% of CO2, the one greenhouse gas that is the most aggresively targeted by the global warming alarmists, is manmade. That means 97% of the carbon dioxide found in the world's environment is - natural. And we're getting concerned over a gas that mother nature herself produces the most of. The global warming agenda is not about saving the environment. It is about politics, money and power. The people who are at the heart of this movement are the ones who stand to profit the most from this pseudocrisis, while those of us who have unwittingly believed their lies will suffer the most from fewer freedoms and less money. Let me add a few other sources of information to your link.

http://pmcms.smartgreenusa.com/
http://www.worldclimatereport.com/
http://www.co2science.org/
http://www.ourcivilisatio...

The Politically Incorrect Guide To Global Warming And Environmentalism, by Christopher C. Horner

Climate Confusion - How Global Warming Hysteria Leads To Bad Science, Pandering Politicians And Misguided Policies That Hurt The Poor, by Roy W. Spencer

Thank you for the link and the facts! I also agree that global warming is not something in human control. I also don't understand why something that is so debated is controlling so many bills in Washington!

All the issues that Al Gore addressed about global warming is true, that's why he was nominated for a nobel prize.

Since I'm not a scientist and scientific opinion differs on the issue, I don't know. I just think it's hilarious people behave as though Al Gore made up this theory out of whole cloth. He presents a case for his opinion, but his opinion is also based on science. I would rather treat the earth well and conserve its resources regardless.

global warming is just a hoax as my boyfriend says after having a thorough research about it,it's his topic for our term paper last year..

well, i dont really know the exact story so with all honesty i cant explain anything about this here clearly but i can ask him about the facts he have found out for those who are interested because im sure he made it done pretty well..

he actually told us about that minor iceage thingy and able to explain to us about it clearly..

I am not a scientific person but i hope someone here can answer: Why is summer getting hotter if we are entering a new ice age? If you are in my country during the summer it is really terrible. Excuse my ignorance but i really am interested to know.