definitely political. and yes, it has quickly become an irrational religion that uses fear as it's main tool of persuasion. it's common sense folks.
the global warming movement or "climate change"(oxymoron) as they call it now is nothing more than another attempt for goldman sachs, al gore and other crooks to create new markets and regulations to reap more profits and implement more controls into our daily lives.
this is a classic chess move where they take part truths of a common, beneficial movement, then twist and distort that movement to serve their own agenda. anyone against the agenda must be against saving the earth and protecting our children. dissenters are immediately demonized, dismissed and receive zero media coverage. the public is only told one version - the lie.
al gore refuses to engage in any kind of open debate because he knows he will be exposed as a fraud.
Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on it
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/cover031307.htm
ice core samples have been taken from antarctica where the level of co2 has been 14 times higher than today.
the earth is now cooling, not heating. when it was heating, it was due mainly to the sun and solar flare activity and NOT co2. i love how they completely ignore the power of the sun. 1.2 million earths can fit inside the sun. this great fiery mass of hydrogen and helium that burns your skin after being exposed only a few minutes couldn't possibly have anything to do with warming the planet.
New Evidence the Earth Is Cooling
http://www.newsmax.com/brennan/climate_change/2009/06/16/225766.html
when the earth was heating, other planets were heating at the same time, again increased solar activity.
to say that the culprit is co2 gas is basically declaring war on the life/carbon cycle, which is preposterous.
the earth is about 4.5 billion years old. we've had ice ages where the ice sheets have extended to the equator. the sahara desert used to be tropical. the continents used to be joined. think about it. to say that man's activities over the past 30 years have been heating the earth is ridiculous.
in short, man could not change the earth's temperature even if he tried.