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Originally Posted by captainslug
No, no it's not. At least not in the causation chain that is commonly suggested. The temperature records do not in any way show a causation between industrialization, global CO2 emissions, and temperatures records.
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You're flat-out wrong about that. Part of the problem is that you're looking at it backwards, seeking evidence of warming and trying to correlate that to CO2. (Or not, as the case may be :-)) The science works the other way around, though: we know (because it's been measured & computed in umpteen different ways) what adding CO2 to the atmosphere will do. If we keep on doing it until the effects are undeniable, it will be too late to stop, and we'll all be in trouble.
For a simple analogy, say you've got your home furnace on a timer, so that it runs 12 hours a day and keeps your house at a comfortable temperature. Then you add a layer of insulation to the roof: don't you suppose the house is going to get warmer? Do you have to wait around until it gets uncomfortably warm before you think you have "proof"?