Armchair Critic,

Simple fact is you are unable to competently define the probable causes for global warming over the past 240 years due to you lack of a scientific acumen.

You know that 1 and 2 are not probable causes because you already know that each has been shown not to be a cause and has been eliminated by the scientific community. I assume 3 'Humans' is fossil fuel burning for which you are correct. One out of three is not too bad,

I'll let you off the hook this time. Just be more careful how you respond to things in the future.

You are always saying that the global warming over the past 240 years is not due to the burning of fossil fuels.
Mr Opinion,
You are the Chief evader of questions. You're the one who doesn't tell us what you would do to prevent CC.
I have always said & always will say that CC is natural, not man-made. Man's contribution via pollution is merely making it worse than it needs to be. If you haven't got the sense to see the difference then you shouldn't throw silly quips around willy nilly as it makes you a silly Billy !
Today is your last chance to make a New Year's resolution, not being so silly next year.

I bet you cannot come up with one probable cause outside of the burning of fossil fuels that will stand up to scrutiny.
Mr Opinion,
Pollution caused by consumers such as yourself.

individual,

I assume you are referring to atmospheric pollution which gives rise to greenhouse gas emissions.

If not then could you please elaborate.

If not then could you please elaborate.
Mr Opinion,
Humans ARE polluting the Atmosphere, humans who want every thinkable commodity at their fingertips, travel everywhere in fact, they & particularly the modern "educated" then turn around & accuse those who pander to their every whim (for money of course) for warming the Planet. People like yourself. I'm confident that the likes of you will suffer the consequences more than those who, like I, don't require so many commodities & don't travel so much.
You are playing into the hands of GW way more than I.

individual,

I concur with what you are saying but would have put it in different words.

What you are describing as the root cause of anthropogenic global warming is CONSUMERISM. You are entirely correct.

Consumerism was invented by New York's Madison Street ad men in the early 1950s and has dramatically characterised globalism over the past 70 years, driving the exponential production and consumption of goods that rely heavily on the burning of fossil fuels for their existence. This has been correlated with measurements of rising atmospheric CO2 and corresponding increases in mean global temperature.

This is why I cannot see any way out of the global warming dilemma that was created by the industrial revolution 240 years ago which introduced the fossil fuels as a source of energy that could replace animal, human and natural sources of power. Our global civilisation is now dependent on fossil fuels for its existence and continuance in an economy that demands constant growth and development in the name of progress, whether it be under capitalism or socialism.

Basically, the human race is doomed simply because we dug up the carbon fossils of all of those plants and animals that were buried away in the earth for almost 300 million years after the end of the Carboniferous period.

Fascinating stuff. And that's why I decided to be an environmental sociologist so that I could explore the big picture things in terms of both the humanities and the sciences.

Thanks for reminding me how good it is to be an environmental sociologist.