Wil's Rant

It is becoming more and more apparent to me how little we actually know about this. There are so many variables that we know of that the equation becomes extremely complex, and that doesn't include what we don't know. The Earth does seem to be warming, at least a little. What is probably a bigger factor is the surface level increases caused by human uses such as roads and cities. There is also the questions of long term warming and cooling cycles, ice ages, and solar flare cycles. There can be no doubt humans are having an affect on the equation the debate arises as to whether this net effect is trivial in comparison to the others. Another more significant variable might be our devastation of the forests. The point of all this is to say that we need urgently much more study, and one of a different kind than we have become used to. The problem should be researched without association with those who fund such studies. This is the only way to get accurate results. Every experiment is flawed if it is conducted by the person who designed it. It has been proven that we find what we seek, that's why drugs go through double blind studies before they are approved. Environmental research must be conducted in the same manner for it to hold merit. The way it stands now, everyone involved has their own motives and this taints the results of the studies. I believe that we are having detrimental affects on the over-all ecosystem, including global warming. What I'd really like to know is how much and what this will do. Our current level of knowledge doesn't even begin to allow me to make any accurate guess.