Apparently, global warming is now definitively "likely man-made" and is unavoidably going to continue to shape our world's climate for the next millenia or so.

According to these guys, it's imperative we convince society that the negative influence of our waste on the biosphere is real and we must make significant changes now in order to avoid even more drastic climatological change than is already slated to take place.

When were we unsure? When in the last few years did global warming go from significant problem to quack theorem and back again? I can remember being raised in junior high and even elementary school to conserve electricity, cut down on air conditioning and drive as little as possible. Hell, isn't this where the original spark for the hybrid car started? And what about the Kyoto Protocol?

This last year, I can remember it remaining down at coat-and-hat temperatures (SoCal, read: 40 degrees) well into June and even July. In early October, we had a heat wave. It's February now, and while we maintain at relatively stable late-winter temperatures we still get an occasional 85 degree day. I've heard things back east are even worse, with freak heat waves and snowstorms happening all throughout New England. All I have to do to know the environment has some serious issues is look up; with that kind of overwhelming proof, how can anyone value their Suburban enough to keep looking down?