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To believe that my SUV is causing global warming, I must first be convinced that A) temperatures today are higher than they were in the past and B) that I am the cause of that change.

To prove "A" requires data from today compared with data 10,000 years ago. Given that the U.S. is the most scientifically advanced nation in the history of the world, gathering and interpreting data from the recent past would seemingly be the easy part of this, yet Hansen and crew are sputtering on that front. Am I expected to believe that the extrapolated data from tree rings and ice cores are infallible when observed data from the past 50 years cannot be accurately interpreted?

p>Prove the first part of the equation before moving to the second. Until then, I am a doubter, not a denier. br> -- David Cozart br> Raleigh, North Carolina /p> p> The article is excellent. It absolutely proves that there is no correlation between CO2 emissions, human activity and temperature. Rush Limbaugh is correct. It shows it is a myth. If temperatures both go up and go down with CO2 rising there is no direct relationship. br> -- Jack Hellner, CPA br> Springfield, Illinois /p> p> Michael Fumento replies: br> I thank Mr. Hellner for the kind words, but if the graph of mean annual U.S. temperatures closely matched that of increased ambient CO2 and other "greenhouse gases" it would either be an amazing coincidence or scientific fraud. There are many temperature variables from year to year, with El Nino only the largest. What it does show is that it's not just environmentalist groups you can't trust on issues surrounding global warming but official government agencies as well. We are therefore justified in being skeptical that global warming is man-made without much more evidence than has been provided.

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