If anything it's a good mix of both.

It's for real. And we're all in a handbasket.

American scientists--who get incredible amounts of money from the government to say so--tell us that there will be global warming. Russian scientsts--who just study the solar system and don't get this kind of money--tell us that we're headed into another Little Ice Age. And isn't that what this month's National Geographic finally admitted? That the sun is strangely quiet and cooling down?

It is a very serious problem. Right now Chicago should be under about a 1/2 mile sheet of ice.

I think that "global warming" is an inaccurate term, and that "human-induced climate change" is very real. This causes warming in some spots, cooling in others, and lots of weather extremes.

It is a pure hoax. Follow the money trail. Al Gore has already made $100-150 million promoting this scam. He stands to make trillions if he gets a cut as a middleman for the cap 'n trade scheme. "...former NASA Senior Research Scientist Leonard Weinstein, ScD uses the melting of Arctic and Greenlandish ice to show how CO2 can not cause catastrophic melting in the future. In fact, both areas are well within the norm of natural variation. It should be noted that the Antarctic is presently cooling (and has been for several years) and sea ice extent is expanding. The temperature has been as much as 2C higher than at present, and the last several years have a dropping temperature. The zero line actually corresponds to –30C, so even a temperature rise of 10C or even 20C would not even start to melt the ice." ~Leonard Weinstein, ScD May 21, 2009 "CO2 is not a pollutant and reducing emission of it does nothing to abate the real pollutants (sulphur, particulates, metals, etc).” He adds emphatically, “We can’t afford to waste trillions of dollars needlessly chasing the CO2 fantasy.” ~Geologist Don Easterbrook, of Western Washington University Professor Geoff Duffy, a Chemical Engineering expert from The University of Auckland in New Zealand adds this, “Caring for the environment is one very important issue, (but) it has little to do with climate change.” Atmospheric Scientist Tim Minnich holds a masters degree in meteorology and taught courses at Rutgers University and University of Michigan. He is passionate about the issue. “To accuse one of being unconcerned about the environment simply because they reject the AGW “pseudo-science” is not only illogical – it’s patently absurd.” Dr. William Briggs, Meteorologist & Adjunct Professor of Statistical Science, Cornell University, shares a similar sentiment: “The answer is OF COURSE we should “save” the planet and “protect” the environment, but in this case there isn’t anything to that needs saving or protecting.” Professor Robert Carter runs the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. “Spending money on cutting back carbon dioxide emissions in the hope that it will prevent hypothetical warming will be no more effective than peering into the entrails of chickens to the weather!” Some people argue that the idea that the Sun is heating the Earth is preposterous. What?!? The Earth goe thru cycles. It is well documented that it was much warmer around the year 1000. They grew crops in Greenland and northern Sweden. In the old days people called climate change weather. The man-made global warming scare is designed to take money from your wallet and give complete control to the government.

It's a dirty way of getting more of your tax money via a worldwide conspiracy. (just about the only thing all Governments have ever agreed on.) :o)

It is a real serious problem made worse by the scientists tinkering with the minor effects human beings have on it in their daily lives, instead of concentrating on how we can live with the consequences of normal planetary fluctuations in temperature.