Climate change: what is really going on?
The question is easy to answer green house gases slow down the rate at which the earth cools, we have increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere by at least 40% and as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels in massive quantities and clear forests the level will continue to rise. If the earth continues to receive the same amount of heat from the sun and cools more slowly we will see a steady increase in global temperature over several decades. Thats all we need to know as far as the science is concerned.

There are two problems which people face to get their head the question, the first is a massive disinformation campaign by the fossil fuel industry, which is incredibly profitable, and has reserves worth many trillions of dollars. The second problem is peoples fear of a decline in their living standards, should they have to reduce or eliminate the use of fossil fuels. The result is a large number of people who are both badly informed and suspicious that their living standards are going to be eroded.

There are serious practicable problems in changing the economy to low carbon emissions, but without a plan to deal with the excessive emissions of CO2 and an eventual shortage of cheap liquid fossil fuels, the future will be very bleak for future generations

It is not hard to ascertain that the assertion about 95% of climate sciebtist believe in climate change is nonsense. It comes from the deceptively named Skeptical Science site which idevoted to promotion of the “global warming” lie.
http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/a-climate-falsehood-you-can-check-for.html

The fact is that there is no science to demonstrate any measurable effect of human emissions on climate.

With no science to back the assertion of human caused climate change, the assertion is fraudulent.

We need a Royal Commission to ascertain by whom, and how this fraud is able to be promoted

97% of scientists etc etc etc.
Turned out not to be true. When studied turned out to be 55% I think it was.
Anyway, it doesn't matter whether true or not.
Oil's ERoEI is now down to 10 and coal's down to about 30.
So we have to do something about energy.
Wind & Solar can't do the job unaided. So what do we use for backing
it up ? At present there are not many choices, coal, in Australia, but
not elsewhere, nuclear, geothermal if it can made workable and some
of Rhosties suggestions.
Do you see any action along those lines ?
No the greenies have backed everyone into a solar & wind only solution
but because of the ERoEI that won't work.
Actually, I think nothing will be done until the power goes off
while dinner is being cooked.
If you live above the third floor I would sell out and let some
other mug look at the 10 floor walk down because he doesn't risk the
power going off and he has to sit in the lift until the sun comes up.

If you think that is fanciful, just look at the pressure on the owners
of coal fired power stations and mines.
What on earth do you think will happen if all that boycott and
investment bans on coal mines and power generators takes off ?
Are those people just stupid ?

Of course, nothing matters...

Fossil Fuels raised taxes to pay for civilisation but now the externalities are coming home to roost. My uncle put together a 1922 Model T the other day and told me battery technology hadn't really changed for the bulk of the 20th century: why store electricity when you can use mother nature as an infinite garbage can and just burn more fossil fuels to make endless 24-hour spinning reserves of it?

This is year 11 economics- government intervention in the marketplace.

Fossil Fuels were given the subsidised and regulated attention they deserved to build society and now their job is done: it's simply the law of diminishing returns!!