Shadow Minister,

You said explicitly that you did a BSc(Eng), which is a 3 year engineering degree. Usually completion of another year of study in engineering will lear to the award of a BE in lieu of the BSc(Eng). Your confusion on this matter leaves me questioning your claim.

I did an engineering degree and it definitely didn't equip graduates with critical thinking skills. It's only the Arts that can make that claim. The study of engineering emphasises rote learning skills, definitely not critical thinking. I'm starting to think you might be just another Loudmouth or Hasbeen.

Anyway, let's put that aside and get down to the really important point I raised, that of getting you to list the probable causes that have given rise to a 1 deg C warming of the planet over the past 240 years. You seem to be wanting to avoid this request which makes me think that you are unable to come up with anything convincing outside of the burning of fossil fuels.

We're waiting.

causes that have given rise to a 1 deg C warming of the planet over the past 240 years.
Mr Opinion,
Well, millions of Mr Opinions are a definite cause !

Dear individual smart ass,

Why don't you have a go? You are always saying that the global warming over the past 240 years is not due to the burning of fossil fuels. Okay, how about you identifying the probable causes outside of burning fossil fuels.

I bet you cannot come up with one probable cause outside of the burning of fossil fuels that will stand up to scrutiny.

1. Solar output 2. Earths axis and orbit 3. (distant 3) Humans

None of which matter too much when faced with the reality that human beings will continue to NEED to adapt and master their own environment, just as they have for the past several million years already.

All this climate crap is more about bankers and insurance investment stabilty and mitigating against acts of nature; and making the populace pay for changes the elites want

Armchair Critic,

Please define how each has caused a 1 deg C rise in temperature over the past 240 years.

1. Solar output

2. Earths axis and orbit

3. Humans

Why do I have to?
There's a whole entire internet at your fingertips, knock yourself out.
FYI I don't care about a 1 degree increase in 240 years.
I live with temperature fluctuations far in excess of this every 3 months commonly known as 'seasons'.
If your unfamiliar with this concept try wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season
A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight. On Earth, seasons are the result of Earth's orbit around the Sun and Earth's axial tilt relative to the ecliptic plane.

Alternatively you can look up Maunder Minimum or Milankovitch Cycles etc.
They're on wikipedia too btw.
- I'm not a climate freak, that's your part to play.