first of all, i think you misunderstand what i said about the ozone layer. The ozone hold rebuilt itself as a direct result of our decreasing the SST's at that atmospheric level. Since that time, of course fluctutations has occured in the layer itself. As far as the sun getting stronger, this is a phenmenon that should become important millenia into the future, not in our near future. Most of the earth's warming happens because of the natural greenhouse effect of water vapor trapping heat and reradiating it back to earth. The anthropogenic greenhouse effect occurs from increased levels of CO2. CO2 is more effective than water vapor at radiating heat so a smaller amount can warm the earth more effectively than water vapor. Right now, it contributes about 5% to our climatic warming. Because of these controls in our climate system, the 'natural' greenhouse effect and the dynamic atmoshpere we are buffered from cyclic or evolutionary changes in the sun. The may intensify and lessen throughout the solar cycle, but as I said before it accounts for about a 1% change in atmospheric factors, at the most. The sun could intensify but our climate is strong enough where it may be able to absorb the change and adapt. However, the global warming danger that we see today is a big threat because we can now manufacture compounds that 6000% more effective at heat trapping than CO2, and releasing them into the atmosphere could cause a warming on a scale the earth has never seen. Humans are very dangerous in this way. So for everyone that said that humans can't really impact the climate, we've unintentially engineered human systems and technology that are so effective in warming the earth that the global warming problem is accelerated way beyond the natural effects.
I understand people having opinions here, but honestly with every post there are so many factual issues that people should really get a clue what they are talking about before posting. I have read your links, and with just about anything people will try to come up with a conspiracy, but it doesn't mean it's correct. This particular reasoning you use is so hurtful because people that think like this will prevent us from saving the world we live in.
 I am going to work now later.
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