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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Natural climate change is cyclical. What humans are doing is not cyclical, and in fact, it is the first time in the history of the planet that a species has been able to affect natural cycles.
Saying that climate change is natural and therefore it doesn't matter if we make it change or accelerate it, is like saying; forest fires occur naturally, so why does it matter if campers start them too.
The point is, natural phenomenas have a way of balancing and correcting themsleves. Human induced phenomena have a way of making changes that the natural systems cannot absorb properly. It may also cause massive extinctions that otherwise would not happen since the rate of climate change is faster than nature can compensate for, or would usually allow under normal circumstances..
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Ok, take what you just said and realize these facts:
Humans contribute 0.14% of the total GHG's.. The current warming cycle started in the 1860's, well before the internal combustion engine and millions of cars and coal fired power plants. The world was much warmer, even in human recorded history, than it is now.