[katana]

Since every real study of actual physical evidence (ice cores, etc.) indicates that temperature fluctuations precede changes in atmospheric CO2 levels, would it not be more plausible to theorize that a variable sun cooled the planet and thus reduced the CO2? Or is that too heretical for the true believers' tender ears to hear?

[Drill Thrawl]

Since every real study of actual physical evidence (ice cores, etc.) indicates that temperature fluctuations precede changes in atmospheric CO2 levels, would it not be more plausible to theorize that a variable sun cooled the planet and thus reduced the CO2? Or is that too heretical for the true believers' tender ears to hear?

It would be but it's hard to come up with a sun spot tax.