I have to say, I'm not taken in by the hype regarding the cause of global warming.

As far as I can tell, the only thing every one actually agrees on is that global warming is occuring. The real disagreements are over the cause.

There are a few things I'm not convinced about. The first regards the relative amount of CO2 produced by man compared to the oceans and volcanoes. Now, when I look at a picture of the earth taken from space, I can see these massive things called oceans. They really are enormous and cover about 70% of the planet. Even if I look really hard, with a magnifying glass, I can't see even one person.

Then I wonder about CO2's effectiveness as a greenhouse gas. As far as I know, water vapour is much more effective as a greenhouse gas compared to CO2. Also, there's more water vapour in the atmosphere than CO2. I believe I read somewhere that water vapour makes up the largest percentage of the greenhouse effect.

So, shouldn't we be drinking lots of water and going to the toilet less instead of worrying about CO2.

I thought this CO2 business was really just a political tool to put pressure on the developing nations, so that we could keep our number one spot. But those clever Chinese aren't falling for it and have told the west to get stuffed and I don't blame them. Unfortunately, the poor Africans aren't in such a strong position so we'll carry on shafting them.

And the government can carry on shafting us public with green taxes to help pay for environmentally friendly wars, whilst at the same time allowing for example, expansion of Heathrow.

If the government can turn a blind eye to unacceptable environmental issues when it suits them (i.e. when business will suffer) then why should I give a rats ass about recycling and CO2 emissions. Especially, when the issue of CO2 causing global warming is far from proven.