| Some people believe that the rather "heated" | | | | Those who claim that global warming is a hoax |
| issue of global warming is nothing more than a | | | | think that environmentalists that fight to expose |
| hoax sprung on the American people, "The | | | | human-caused global warming to the public have |
| biggest hoax ever perpetrated on to mankind", | | | | another agenda in mind, although what sort of |
| some say. Those who believe that global warming | | | | alternate agenda is not made very clear. They |
| is in fact nothing more than a hoax think that | | | | also claim that the oceans are another significant |
| there are more natural cycles at work in the | | | | source of greenhouse gases, as are trees. These |
| environment causing the heating of the earth, | | | | organisms give off compound gases such as |
| rather than man-made creations such as air | | | | methane which are major greenhouse |
| pollution. They believe that by global warming | | | | contributors, as well as decaying vegetation giving |
| dictating major policy mandates, it will send the | | | | off large amounts of methane gases. These |
| country into a deep economic recession or even | | | | supporters of the global warming hoax claim that |
| depression. | | | | human-caused greenhouse gas emissions only |
| These believers of the Global Warming Hoax also | | | | account for 1% of the global emissions and that |
| believe that recent research actually shows a | | | | reducing literally all human-caused greenhouse gas |
| great deal of proof that human-caused global | | | | sources such as SUV's, would have absolutely no |
| warming is more and more of a unlikely factor | | | | affect at all on the global mean temperature. It |
| and claim that there is not enough science to | | | | would also supposedly reduce global greenhouse |
| justify the Kyoto Accords and other policies that's | | | | gas emissions only by less than 0.2%. |
| basis is tied in with human-caused global warming. | | | | The basic belief of these "hoax" fanatics is that |
| They also claim that global warming was much | | | | global warming is not human-caused and rather is |
| worse years and years ago, before | | | | just a natural part of the earth's cycle that has |
| industrialization even began. | | | | fluctuated through out history and is not |
| Regarding the melting of the polar icecaps, some | | | | something to worry about. They support their |
| who believe this elaborate hoax note that while | | | | theories by examining global warming and |
| some of the polar icecaps are melting, others are | | | | greenhouse gas emissions over the course of |
| thickening, and that those who support the idea | | | | history and claiming that it has been something |
| of human-caused global warming are afraid to | | | | that has gone up and down over the course of |
| admit that. They also blame the heating and | | | | the history of the earth and that there are many |
| cooling of the earth's atmosphere on other, not | | | | more natural factors at work rather than the |
| human-caused occurrences such as the eruption | | | | popular belief that we are causing the rise in |
| of a volcano. They claim that the amount of ash | | | | temperature on earth by driving gas-guzzling |
| or dust in the earth's atmosphere can vary the | | | | SUV's and using aerosol spray cans. While those |
| heating and cooling temperatures of the earth's | | | | who support the hoax may have a small amount |
| atmosphere. They blame the ejections of large | | | | of scientific data and theory, the mainstream |
| amounts of what environmentalists call | | | | belief that we are causing our own environmental |
| "greenhouse gases" on the gases and compounds | | | | problems has a heavier stack of statistical data |
| expelled from the eruptions of volcanoes, such as | | | | and reasons. |
| the famous eruption of Mt. St. Helens. | | | | |