Do you believe global warming is primarily caused by human activities?

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Option 2, sort of. I don't think there is serious 'global warming' taking place at the moment.. Everything I've read points to the trend peaking and subsequently leveling off since about 1998. That doesn't mean I don't think we should continue to rely so heavily on coal plants or shouldn't push for modernization, heat/energy saving, etc... We definitely should be doing that, it would dramatically improve our health and make us less dependent on other countries. I just don't really see temperature increases as  serious threat at the moment.

[Mint]

Option two. The real concern is peak oil, the prospect of which absolutely terrifies me.

We need to vastly diversify our power options: where solar is viable, use it; where wind is viable, use it; geothermal, use it; nuclear, use it.

I wouldn't say I'm 'terrified' of it but I recognize it will happen eventually.. Probably not that soon though. Something like Shale oil extraction might be a joke now but who knows what technology will be like in 10-20 years. Otherwise I agree with you for once.