[WildBill2275]

A few things to think about....
The evil of CO2
Each human contributes 724 lbs/year to the atmosphere
(caused by breathing)
The US contributes 109 million (US) tons/year
The world contributes 2.21 billion (US) tons/year
The population of the developed nations has remained relatively stable for the last half century.
(this CO2 caused by breathing only)
In the last half century the world population has gone from approximately 2 billion to about 6.1 billion.
Most of that increase is in underdeveloped countries
(per the UN, the only growth [4 billion people] was in undeveloped countries) Undeveloped countries still burn old fields to get them ready for planting.
(Several years ago there was a major fire in Mexico from just such a fire that was causing respiratory distress north of Oklahoma.)
Kyoto protocols only look at industrial pollution.
Then there are minor factors like the temperature of the surface of the sun (which warms the Earth.)
The Earth's locations in it's eccentric orbit
The molecular density of the area of space between the Sun and the Earth
The additional heat generated by the body mass of the additional 4 billion humans in the world... (I'm not smart enough to figure it out, but I bet someone is)
The hot air generated by politicians (left, right, and center)
And probably 100's more factors that I have never heard of.

And now that the Global Warming has eased off here in Texas, I guess I'll get in my Jeep and drive into town and get some groceries.

[CIDKauf]

Don't have the link, but recent study shows methane produced from animals (cattle, sheep, etc..) to be more of a problem with "greenhouse emmisions" than burning of fossils fuels in what is so called the "greenhouse effect". Personally, I think that "The Little Ice Age" has a lot to do with this.