But the sun does not put out constant amounts of energy. Solar flares are variable and have a profound impact on earth as does volcanoes both in the ocean and on dry land. Unless climate scientists have a magic wand to control solar flares and volcanoes I doubt man has much impact on climate. Besides, CO2 is a good thing.

Right. The guy that sold me my in ground pool promised warmer weather. I want a refund!

I've said that before and was about to say it again.
Beaten to the draw by 37 minutes, ditto, I say!
Ditto!
+1 also.

In normal 11 year cycles yes, but Grand cycles have a more global effect. We see in history that there still is a few small areas that actually warm or virtually stay the same but much of the rest of the globe gets colder. What really wrecks havoc is the day to day extremes and the possible devastating events...floods, instant freezing, strong storms, increased volcanic eruptions and earthquakes; not to mention emp events. (electro-magnetic pulses) which charge the atmosphere and the surface.
The shame of it all is the current political compartmentalized rhetoric will prevent the population from preparing for these events; not to mention all of the other bizarre events going on...which I suspect are interrelated.

This is a bit of theorizing- but if the sun puts out a constant amount of energy that impacts the earth which is pretty much independent of the earths temp, and the energy losses to space are only to a tiny degree dependent on changes in earths temperature, doesnt that mean that the average temperature of the earth stays the same- but oscillates back and forth in stable cycles?

Fortunately, we don't have to "theorize" we need only to look back upon history and previous cycles of nature.

Remember, it's no longer "global warming," but "climate change." That means no matter how the climate changes, humans are at fault. Rest assured, the IPCC and others will assure us they were right all along if the new impending disaster reverts to an ice age, as it was in the '70s.

I think its pretty much useless to theorize on large scale climate changes unless one is in agriculture for example, where the changes affect crops.

These changes come slowly and without our ability to change them- the earth is just too large with too much thermal mass to change quickly

This report will never make it to the eyes and ears of 0 or the UN.

When it becomes very blatantly clear they will still not accept it.

In the maritime industry the northern passage has been considered the holy grail for centuries because it would shorten the Europe-Asia transit considerably. If we were to have a shorter transit, that would mean fewer emissions, therefore, polar ice melting is good for the environment.

Seeing the same trend here in connecticut the last few years...noticed lately...not so many contrails either.

In the last 2 months I have noticed that every morning when the cloudless blue sky offers a warm sun , the sky has very high altitude planes
leaving a thick white cloud horizon to horizon. With in an hour or so we cloud up and temps drop.

I too, was looking forward to warmer weather so I wouldn't have to move to Florida...not exactly my favorite state.

Relax everybody.
These are unadjusted figures.
Right this minute teams of carbon changed climate scientists are homogenizing data to confirm catastrophic warming.

Darn, and I was looking forward to the Northern Passage aboard the Crytal Serenity.