"the more I realise just how complex are the systems "

Yep, we have things like the wobble of the earth's axis, the elongated orbit around the sun, the 22 year solar cycle, the travel of the solar system through the galaxy, the volume of gamma rays passing through our part of the cosmos, the strength of the solar winds, the mystery of cloud formation, the strength of the earth's magnetic shield and so on, all having some effect on the long and short term climate.

And there's puny man thinking that all this is negated by increasing the amount of one gas in the atmosphere from 0.03% to 0.04%.

Apart from all the science around the whole issue, the sheer absurdity of that claim is why I've never really bought the story.

Dear Poirot,

And the rest of the world keeps marching on.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2013/0403/How-Ontario-is-putting-an-end-to-coal-burning-power-plants?nav=88-csm_category-storyList

Well, I hope you’re happy Poirot!

Now you’ve got Csteele doing it –cherry picking that is.
Look at this: << And the rest of the world keeps marching on>>

Since when does one (questionable) example become << the rest of the world>>?
And there’s another fudge/omission from his little citation:
“In Ontario, power generated from nuclear is 56 percent of the total”

Do you anticipate your Green allies allowing Oz to do anything like that any time soon?

Well it's your loss Poirot. At the end of the year when the OLO academy awards are up, it will be the name Cecil Steele on the cherry picker of the year Oscar and not Hercule Poirot!

csteele,

That's interesting...

On the other hand, another province, Alberta, hosts the single most polluting industrial site on the planet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_oil_sands

And the Canadian government in general appears to be gung-ho against any mitigation of AGW.

.........

SPQR,

I assume you'll be donning your "SBQR" persona to provide the entertainment for the OLO academy awards (we could do with a touch of burlesque around here:)