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Don't Panic!

As the evidence for a global Mediaeval Warm Period is now overwhelming surely it's time to admit that global warming and cooling are natural and cyclical - and to ditch the arrogant notion that humans have caused global warming.  Also note that this also means that there is no big apocalypse coming, at least not one caused by carbon dioxide build up in the atmosphere.  Rather, the globe is warming just as it has done in the past and will do again.  For everything there is a season...

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