What to Make of a Warming Plateau

"What to make of a warming plateau" is the title of a NY Times article about global warming, and it's contents point out the struggle of the global warming movement to be able to connect the science claims they make with the reality of what is actually happening with the climate.  They accurately point out there has been a plateau in temperatures over the last 15 years, but try to explain that away to, interestingly enough, natural occurrences. 

So let's get this straight.  Even though we know CO2 is a greenhouse gas, and we we know that CO2 is being blamed for the rapid increase in temperatures recently, and we know that emissions of CO2 have been on a constant increase for decades, temperatures have not kept increasing?  How can that work?  If increased CO2 causes higher temps, which is why we have the "global warming" alarmism in the first place, then how is it possible that temps haven't increased?  Oh wait, I forgot that in order to explain this, the argument was changed from "global warming" to "global climate change", to try to note that temperatures will increase and decrease, and not just solely increase.  Well, that sure sounds to me like natural variations in temperatures.  You know, the increases and decreases in temperatures that have happened naturally since the beginning of time.

The NY Times even points to a plateau which happened from the 1950s to the 1970s as evidence of global warming's validity.  What they fail to mention on that one was for low temperatures.  Back then the alarmism was about global cooling, the dangers of it, and all the actions we needed to take because of it.  Then it changed into global warming, the dangers of it, and all the actions we needed to take because of it.  Now it's about global climate change, the dangers of it, and all the actions we need to take because of it. 

Is anyone else confused? 

Clearly the scientists are, as well, because they can't explain it.  They've been trying for a few decades now to tie human activity to global cooling/warming/climate change.  The only constant and provable thing in all of this is that the earth cools and warms all the time.  In fact, it's really good at that, it's got natural systems which work together to correct itself when it gets out of whack.  For example, increases in CO2 in the atmosphere.  They are bad for humans, because it reduces available oxygen for us to breathe.  If we only had something which would take in CO2 and replace it with oxygen, that would be great, right?  Nature to the rescue!  All those green plants everywhere take in CO2 as part of their natural growth, and produce oxygen as a by product!  Cool, huh?  When there is more CO2 in the air, plants grow better.  Plants growing better reduces CO2 and increases oxygen.  Problem solved!

Well, problem not solved if the government has anything to do with it.  The government wants to tax people for their CO2 emissions.  Even though it's not proven by science or reality that increased CO2 causes warming.  The tax scheme is better known as "cap and trade".  So tell me, how does a tax on something the taxed company will do anyway going to fix anything related to the climate?  Will it grow more plants to reduce CO2?  No.  Will it reduce CO2 emissions?  No, in countries where cap and trade has been implemented, CO2 emissions have not changed their rates.  So what will it do?  It will fix government coffers so they have more money to regulate businesses.  That regulation will control how much of something can be produced, how far it can be shipped, and whether or not you as a consumer have to pay an additional tax just for consuming that item.  All while not doing anything to affect the climate.

Global warming alarmism is bogus.  The earth warms and cools all on it's own, and has since the beginning of time.  Government cannot change that.

Oh, and about those cute, cuddly polar bears (which are actually vicious carnivores) and how global warming was going to wipe them off the face of the earth?  Turns out, not so much.  They're actually at a peak population right now, despite being on the endangered species list, and are flourishing.