Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Because I hate totalitarian thought - it's my way or the highway style
of debate.

What is your conception of totalitarian thought?

I do refuse to believe in single cause theory if only because of what
you detailed in your post. There are any number of factors for the
cause, it can be part of a natural cycle or we may be in for another
period of more temperate climates.

Nobody knows for sure and to single out one factor as the cause for
the sky falling is not only silly, but short sighted.

It's only by applying research science, observational science and
differing opinions converging on a consensus that will begin to
uncover if it is or if it ain't.

To my understanding that is basically what has been going on for the
last few decades within science, and so far the outcome has been that
greenhouse gases are the most likely culprit for the upward trend in
temperatures. The issue is theoretically complex - eg. there exist many
negative and positive feedback mechanisms - and the long-term data is
quite limited. Nevertheless broad evidence and professional judgement
points to a cause that can be manipulated by humanity. Even if there
were other strong contributing causes, the issue of greenhouse gases
can be addressed and the actual climate change hopefully made less
rapid and less severe.

Risto