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I think it's pretty natural to be angry when so many people are so cluelessly inveighing against something both so harmful and so scientifically obvious.

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Be careful not to let emotion enter in to issues like this. And be especially careful before using terms like "scientifically obvious". Scary things lie at the end of that road:

http://www.crichton-official.com/essay-stateoffear-whypoliti...

I would give that thought a lot more credence if you'd linked to a scientist, rather than Michael Crichton in the height of disingenuousness (on his part).

Scary things lie at the end of that road if they are unsupported by the evidence. Unfortunately, all the evidence points to anthropogenic climate change.

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