Global Warming - What is the cause?

[Lazarus]

I am doing a little survey for research. What do you think is the cause of global warming? :candle

[TheFish]

The Scientists and Politicians :rant

[Lazarus]

I would ask people not to respond to other people's comments right away. I want a bunch of direct answers before any debates ensue.

Thanks!

[Sharon]

Coal burning (very high in China), more use of gas in cars (India and China), burning down of rainforest - this is just a few of the real bad items I have read about.

[Chris72]

I don't believe man has much of anything to do with it, I think the earth goes in cycles.

[swcolorado]

I agree with the above poster. I think that the earth goes through cycles of warming and cooling. We just have not paid that much attention in the past hundreds of years to these cycles.

[KnightErrant]

The Sun!

Like all stars, our sun has cycles where it grows hotter and brighter, then cooler and less bright. We are now in a warmer part of the cycle, like the Medievil and Roman Warm Periods.

[dlocal]

Too much pollution? And I don't really mean from SUVs.

[springfield]

Probably us, as the spike in CO2 is unprecedented as far back as we can measure, and there's no natural explanation for that.

[Michelle95]

I, personally, think that global warming is a combination of cycles AND our own influence. But, then again, I do not label myself a republican. :heh