[regular.joe]

I thought there was a thread about this, but I can't find it. I remember posting somewhere that I wanted to do some research and figure out what the impact globally would be for the release of the amount of fossil fuels would be today. So, I've been thinking about this on my back burner for some time now. I came across a conservative web site that debunks "climate change", or at least mans impact on climate change. Basically the line on this is that the sun in the only source of energy on the earth, that there has been and will never be from day to day another source and that this source has been constant. Therefore no impact from man on climate change.

So, I have been thinking this over and I think that the idea is flawed. yes the sun is the source of energy for our planet. A fraction of this energy has been stored in the form of fossil fuels. If the energy stored in fossil fuels were never released, this idea would hold water, the energy would indeed be more or less constant and all climate effects would be the ebb and flow of the natural earth system. But, release this energy in large enough amounts and the system now has more energy active then would be and I can easily see that man would impact climate change. Very simple math if you ask me.