This debate is about whether the ORIGIN of climate change...
Resolved: Climate change is, on balance, anthropogenic in origin
16kadams has misunderstood the debate. This debate is not whether modern climate change is due to humans. This debate is about whether the ORIGIN of climate change is due to humans. As I have proven and 16k not rebutted, climate change has been happening for millions of years, and we have only been here for 200,000 years, making it ridiculous that humans cause the earliest climate change. https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com... https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com... My rich text isn't working, but you can see form the graphs that global warming has been happening for over 550 million years. We have been around for 200,000 and could not have started that change from 550 million years ago. P1: This debate is if climate change has started because of humans P2: Climate change has been happening for over 550 million years P3: Humans have been around for 200,000 years Conclusion: We are not the origin of global warming Defense of P1: See resolution Defense of P2: See graphs Defense of P3: http://www.universetoday.com... Conclusion Everything 16kadams has said is irrelevant. We are not arguing about modern climate change; we are arguing if humans started climate change. Since climate change has started before humans were even on the earth, it is obvious we haven't started it.