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Because in the Senate it takes just a single Republican to stop anyone from doing anything positive. However, the Democrats did manage to improve things by getting rid of the ban on government agencies from negotiating with pharmaceutical companies, and that reduced costs.

So CO2 molecules don't absorb heat because 5000 years ago something something something? You know, I've posted an actual graph of the heat absorption of each molecule. Many molecules = more heat absorption.

Huh? I showed you a graph of the heat absorption of CO2 molecules. How much more proof do you need?

Insanity? I would suggest that Exxon, the Republicans and the other global warming denier groups have done a favor overall to society. Without the utterly fake "controversy" the debate might have just stagnated (although it was also helpful when famous people championed the cause.) Now, you...

Not nothing, it's been very productive to advertise global warming and increase awareness. Countries accounting for over 80% of the world’s emissions have now committed to specific actions to reduce their global warming pollution.

Actually you're the one referencing ice cores. As for having "no idea if CO2 precedes warming or not" -- it is scientific fact that CO2 absorbs energy (and retransmits it in random directions) and therefore absolutely causes warming. It isn't up for debate. Too many people have studied...

Okay, let's deconstruct your post: 1) "We're starting to see Viking settlements which were buried under glaciers." and rather than reach a possible conclusion that glaciers are melting rapidly due to global warming... 2) ...therefore a regional warm area near the sea indicates that...

Average for what? An ice-age? A dinosaur die-off? Does this mean we'll get "below average" death rates from increased storms/temperatures, ie, less than the Dinosaurs, but more than homo-erectus?

Ice cores show both, actually, depending on the period examined. And whether or not ice cores show warming before or after CO2 doesn't matter either -- since we know that CO2 absorbs heat and this is our CO2 that we've added. Other things do emit CO2, that doesn't mean that we get a free pass...

I would say that recorded history starts in the fourth millennium, BC, with the advent of writing, as per the definition. Or whenever people started recording temperature, since we're talking about temperature. Eh, use your own definition because it really doesn't matter.

Evasive? I can't get more direct: the extra CO2 in the atmosphere is ours. How do we know that CO2 molecules absorb heat? You can simply google energy absorption and co2 molecule to see a graph of it (or do a science experiment yourself to find this out:) <img...

Actually I wrote that temperatures were never higher in recorded history. So my statement extends back to the start of recorded history -- even if you want to include the Holocene. No, I don't go all the way back to the big bang, because temperatures were likely higher then. Nor do I extend...

Yes. That's correct. Especially during ice ages and massive geological events. Yes, we do know that what we do matters. We know what ratio of CO2 molecules in the air are man-made. We know that CO2 molecules absorb a certain amount of heat (and we know that amount exactly). We know that...

You're very confused. Of course temperatures were higher in the past (eg. when Earth was a flaming ball of lava, for example) but they have not been higher in recorded history. "Recorded history" has a definition that is different than the entire past. Well, apart from the obvious...

Because there's racial bias in reporting. Also, finding a black Republican is as rare as finding a dancing three legged dog. Although, to be fair, it seems that the Republicans did have to bus him in from out of state. But to drill down to your essential point, false equivocations are...

Except there were white people showing up at Democratic rallies with guns. In fact in that particular rally there were several protesters walking around with guns, and the press focused on only the black person. Which kind of says a lot about bias right there. But back to the topic of Fox...

Eh, "the worst generation" only has a few more years and that will reduce extremism considerably.

Therefore the world is still flat? After all, there are groups that believe this.

And here's a headline in my local newspaper: "Women Kills Two, Eats Self in Hack/Slash Bloodfest." I'm not sure how that makes a difference, but I will repeat it for you: global average temperatures have never been higher. There was a high in the Holocene period, but it was limited to...

Whether we're discussing recorded temperatures or recorded history, temperatures have not been higher during that period. If you go back millions of years, then temperature has been higher, but then so have the oceans which would mean drowned people, higher seas during storms and reduced...