The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the basic climate system of the Earth through their industrial activities and burning of fossil fuels - the essence of the Greens' theory of global warming - has about as much basis in science as Marxism and Freudianism.

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The truth is, as most of us know, that global warming is real and humans are major contributors, mainly because we wastefully burn fossil fuels.

— David Suzuki

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Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding compliance with its rules.

— Paul Johnson

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Those who buy in to global warming wish to drastically curb human economic and industrial activities, regardless of the consequences for people, especially the poor.

— Paul Johnson

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It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.

— James Hansen

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The atmospheric CO2 concentration is rising - mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels. It's agreed that this build-up will, in itself, induce a long-term warming trend, superimposed on all the other complicated effects that make climate fluctuate.

— Martin Rees

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