Which theory is more plausible?

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global warming, but that doesn't mean I think either theory is true.

I ask people who say "Global warming is real because they have a scientific consensus on it," was there not a scientific consensus on eugenics, a theory that led to the death of tens of millions of people? Was there not a scientific consensus that the Sun revolved around the Earth? The list goes on and on about times when there was a scientific consensus on ideas that ended up being wrong.

There was no scientific consensus on eugenics, unless I'm completely ignorant of it, at least not to the level of that of global warming.

It is ridiculous to compare scientific thought of today to that of thousands of years ago.  They didn't have the technology back then to get accurate measurements and data that is needed for the scientific method way back then.

Can you elaborate on why you don't believe in global warming?  I'm always curious about why skeptics are so unwilling to accept it...
Since you're not a Republican, it's presumably not because [insert Republican politician] says it's not real, so why is it exactly?

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global warming, but that doesn't mean I think either theory is true.

I ask people who say "Global warming is real because they have a scientific consensus on it," was there not a scientific consensus on eugenics, a theory that led to the death of tens of millions of people? Was there not a scientific consensus that the Sun revolved around the Earth? The list goes on and on about times when there was a scientific consensus on ideas that ended up being wrong.

There was no scientific consensus on eugenics, unless I'm completely ignorant of it, at least not to the level of that of global warming.

It is ridiculous to compare scientific thought of today to that of thousands of years ago.  They didn't have the technology back then to get accurate measurements and data that is needed for the scientific method way back then.

Can you elaborate on why you don't believe in global warming?  I'm always curious about why skeptics are so unwilling to accept it...
Since you're not a Republican, it's presumably not because [insert Republican politician] says it's not real, so why is it exactly?

I watching the Great Global Warming Swindle, which presented many legitimate arguments against global warming. I find it to be implausible, given the historical record, that CO2 is the major cause of global warming. Also, I find not only the theory to be wrong, but the entire premise that socialism is justifiable because of it.

The Great Global Warming Swindle is well-known to be complete garbage and has been universally condemned by scientists.  It would be like if some weirdos made a "documentary" that said gravity isn't real and then I watched it and used it to back up a belief that gravity isn't real.

And I don't mean to be rude here, but you're not a climatologist, and I don't see how you can possibly declare it to be "implausible" when the consensus of climatologists, people who've studied this their whole life say otherwise.  If you were a climatologist, I might listen to you (I would still be skeptical about your disagreeance with your colleagues, though), but since you're not, I don't see how your opinion is valid.

And I don't really follow the socialism statement at all.

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Well, assuming man-made global warming is real, the next thing you know, we will be having carbon taxes, taxes on driving gas guzzlers, higher oil taxes, etc. I would be a nightmare for the economy. True this doesn't prove my point, but, I'm just saying that the effect of it being proven false would be much less disastrous than the effect of it being proven true.

That's not actually true....it's just an oil company scare tactics.
The only industry that will be hurt by fighting global warming is the oil industry, which is just, since they're directly responsible for much of the problem.
Not acting will cause a much bigger negative on the economy than acting possibly could.
Also, in many cases, going green saves money (the NYC cabs are switching to being all-hybrids, which will save the city a lot of $$$, in addition to being eco-friendly).

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Chemtrail 'theory' is utter garbage.
It's somewhat debateable that it's caused by humans

No it's not.