I love the way everyone has become so convinced about this whole climate change thing. I mean the same people who don't have faith in meteorologists predicting the weather tomorrow, believe the same people when they predict the weather in 10 years time!!

Does anyone know if the earth has even reached its stable temperature after the last ice age? Maybe the earth is supposed to get hotter. Has the mass/diameter/strength of the sun increased? Has the earth's orbit moved any closer to the sun? There are so many things that are not known, I find it hard to believe the conclusions that some people come to.

No matter my thoughts on global warming, I can see why a reduction in the use of fossil fuels will benefit. Why then, does everyone reject the one idea that will provide the required energy, provide the drastic reductions of CO2 that are being demanded, and can be implemented in a short amount of time? We also have ample space to store the waste products. A nuclear solution would buy a longer time frame to develop renewable technology until it becomes efficient enough to provide our power needs.

Also, why are people worried about rising sea levels when we have Premier Dillema's desalination plant taking the water back out of the sea? Sucks to the sea life around the plant, but at least it means Morris wont have to drink recycled water like they do in most major cities around the world.

Deryck asks a number of questions:

Changes in the sun, the orbit of the earth and the amount of solar activity are constantly monitored. Global warming cannot be explained by the sun according those scientists working on these problems.
Scientists are looking into every aspect of the climate record.

The only explanation which fits with all the evidence is that the overall increase in the Earth's temperature is due to increased greenhouse gasses such as CO2. There is no identified causes for these increases other than their creation in the various activities of people.

The whole point of science is to come to conclusions that rely on evidence and experimentation but not belief. The way in which science works is not perfect, but when it comes to the natural world, it is far superior to other methods.