Global Warming is all hysteria and a liberal hoax.

One doesn't name CO2 a greenhouse gas. The 2006 court case you are referring to was to force the EPA to do their job and fight pollution. The nature of greenhouse gases isn't a political one it's a product of the actual physical characteristics of the gas. http://en.wikipedia.org... "Quantum mechanics provides the basis for computing the interactions between molecules and radiation. Most of this interaction occurs when the frequency of the radiation closely matches that of the spectral lines of the molecule, determined by the quantization of the modes of vibration and rotation of the molecule. (The electronic excitations are generally not relevant for infrared radiation, as they require energy larger than that in an infrared photon.)" 18% is worth noting and worth fixing, but the numbers are total footprint rather than just the cows themselves. A lot of that is clear cutting forests for grazing and environmentally unfriendly practices, transport of the meat, transport of the grain, etc. Beef is a massive industry and as a result uses a massive amount of energy. That isn't 18% of all greenhouses gases are cow farts. Methane, as far as gases goes, isn't very stable. It has a pretty high energy content and breaks down to good old CO2 pretty easily. We do not find massive amounts of methane in the atmosphere. Methane is aptly described as the most important non-CO2 greenhouse gas. That hardly sings praises to the topic in question that Global Warming is all hysteria and a liberal hoax. Just because some people believe in global warming (Al Gore) or don't (Tom Deweese, whoever the hell that is) has no bearing on the issue. What does the science say? The science largely favors the theory of global warming. A fact which should not surprise anybody who understands how science works. In science, the theories are made to incorporate and explain the facts. The theory was crafted specifically to explain the data. That the facts should support the theory should be an obvious consequence. CO2 is a greenhouse gas. We are putting massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. It currently stands at 385 PPM and has not exceeded 300 parts per million in at least the last million years. The data behind the temperature trend is showing that there is a massive warming effect occurring with a sharp rise in temperature in the last decade. Last year tied for the hottest year on record. - Greenhouse gases cause an atmosphere to retain heat. - CO2 is a greenhouse gas. - We are putting a large amount of CO2 into the atmosphere. ** We are putting a large amount of gas which will cause an atmosphere to retain heat. - We are witnessing a heating trend which is best explained by the aforementioned effect. - We are not aware of any other mechanism which *COULD* be responsible for such an effect. The only one you mentioned was solar activity but that dropped about 20 years ago before the massive heating trend. The science is sound. The verdict is clear. Climate scientists are in agreement. The science backs up their verdicts. On top of this, the fact that there exists a fantastic amount of evidence and a good amount of sound science goes to crush your claim that global warming is all hysteria and a liberal hoax.