The Great Global Warming Debate Global warming has been a hot button topic for the last few years. It seems that everyone from local business owners to big time celebrities have begun voicing their opinions on the subject. Businesses are boasting on how “green” they have become. Shoe companies are making 100% biodegradable shoes, Companies are switching to CFL light bulbs, and many are buying hybrid cars. It hasn’t been until recently that I found out that there is a rather large debate going on about whether or not global warming is an issue. There are questions being raised from the cause of global warming, to the effects, right up to whether or not the government should even take a roll in the fight against global warming. In the research I have been doing I have found pretty persuasive arguments on both sides. Both sides of the global warming issue have their theories on what exactly causes global warming. There are those on one side who believe that the main cause is ultimately us. They would point to carbon emissions, which includes everything from driving you r car to flying in an airplane to turning on your computer. They say that there is a direct relationship between the increase of mans dependency on these natural resources and the increase in the earth’s temperature. They point to the fact that over the past 50 years the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history. And experts think the trend is accelerating: the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1990. Scientists say that unless we curb global warming emissions, average U.S. temperatures could be 3 to 9 degrees higher by the end of the century. We still have others who think that this just doesn’t add up. They believe that this global warming is a completely natural cycle that the earth goes through. Christopher C. Horner points out in his book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming, that the one of the largest increase in the earth...