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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
Isn't the real answer "There is more than enough evidence to show that the current interglacial stage of the existing Ice Age, combined with the increased contribution of industrialization to levels of CO2 in the environment are contributing factors to the current warming trend."?
Or, put another way, "No single raindrop blames itself for the flood"
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We are in a long term warming trend coming out of the ice-age, but the rate of change recently has greatly accelerated. Two different things that are often confused. We often hear, for instance, about rising sea level, and people will quote that sea level was 300 feet lower just 10k-12k years ago, so raising a few more meters in 50-100 years is not a big deal and totally normal. Well, sea level rise is a non-linear event, and we have had 800 years of fairly stable sea levels to build grand cities near the oceans without issues, but this stability is being disrupted, and it will cost trillions of dollars. The warming now is different and rapid compared to the past.
