I like reading about climate change, and I try to keep my mind open to evidence supporting either view. I have yet to read of anybody, on either side, who disputes the fact that the Earth goes through cycles of global warming and cooling, and always will. And my belief, based on my reading, is that the earth actually spends more time covered with ice than not. We are currently in what is referred to as an "interglacial" period (these generally last about 10,000 years), meaning that yes, someday there WILL be another ice age (these generally last about 100,000 years). I think the only real question is how much man is contributing to the current warming trend, and with so many highly qualified scientists unable to agree on the answer to that, I certainly can't claim to know for sure. I'm inclined to think we're contributing to it significantly, but I'm an IT guy, not a climatologist, so who am I to know? All that said, I think that saying that the fact that right now it's freezing cold in Kentucky disproves the "global warming" theory is about like some farmer in Kansas saying that the fact that his farmland looks perfectly flat to him proves that the earth is not round.



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