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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I don't pretend to know all the facts, but again, looking back on the geologic time scale, ice-ages have come and gone and humans have had zero to do with it. I question whether or not the earth is changing whether we like it or not. If someone turned off the CO2 switch tomorrow, would that change anything at all? I think the earth is going to warm, the sea will rise, and we will be helpless.
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Just because something changed in the past due to influence A doesn't mean that it only changes due to influence A. Or another way to say it is just because people die of natural causes doesn't mean every death is due to natural causes.
There's an enormous amount of information about why they think the current temperatures are due to human influence.
You question whether or not the earth is changing whether we like it or not, it's like the question of why person A died. We know people die of natural causes so it could be that, but to know for a specific incident one has to investigate deeper. Same with this, to answer the question requires investigation, and the investigation points to human influence.
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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Well more broadly speaking, we are still in an ice-age, but in a interglacial period.
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Sorry yeah you are right, I should have read more closely.
What are the typical temperatures when we're not in an ice age?