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Originally Posted by golfing eagles

While I'm not sure that any one political party has a monopoly on this farce, it is correct to refer to it as a farce. Now, I know the true believers don't want to hear anything other than we need to combat "climate change" and save the planet, the following link is to an article on ABC news that gives a relatively simplistic explanation of our current climate period. The paleoclimatologist they cite differs a little from his colleagues in that he feels we would already be headed for another period of glaciation if it wasn't due to carbon emissions (mostly agriculture in Asia over the last 8,000 years, not your SUV), overall it is a pretty reasonable article.

What causes an ice age and what would happen if the Earth endured another one? - ABC News

Excellent article. Thanks for the link.