I think Brent said it best. I think manmade pollution of the 20th century, especially pre-world war 2, had a very small impact on the climate. Has anyone seen old pictures of the sky lines of our major cities pre WW2? Smoke stacks everywhere, enough to make any environmentalist's nightmare seem like a good dream.
I believe the mechanics of the climate were already producing an upswing in temps over the last 30 years (anyone remember the Mini Ice Age scare in the 70's) and that the damage we did is exasperating things.
That being said, I have noticed that Europe is in the same hemisphere as us (I checked a globe to be sure) and I seem to remember that they had many deadly heat waves summer 2011. They are now dealing with cooler temps and too much rain in the west and heat in the east and we are dealing with deadly heat waves. I'm no nostrodomus, but I would be willing to bet that we will have a wet and cool west of the Miss next year with heat in the east. Just sayin.
I believe the mechanics of the climate were already producing an upswing in temps over the last 30 years (anyone remember the Mini Ice Age scare in the 70's) and that the damage we did is exasperating things.
That being said, I have noticed that Europe is in the same hemisphere as us (I checked a globe to be sure) and I seem to remember that they had many deadly heat waves summer 2011. They are now dealing with cooler temps and too much rain in the west and heat in the east and we are dealing with deadly heat waves. I'm no nostrodomus, but I would be willing to bet that we will have a wet and cool west of the Miss next year with heat in the east. Just sayin.