Thank You, Global Warming, For Holding Off the Next Ice Age

If we managed to do all the things the global warming wackos want us to do we could end up returning the earth to a cycle that would plunge us into the next ice age:

The Sun is the primary forcing of Earth's climate system. Sunlight warms our world. Sunlight drives atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns. Sunlight powers the process of photosynthesis that plants need to grow. Sunlight causes convection which carries warmth and water vapor up into the sky where clouds form and bring rain. In short, the Sun drives almost every aspect of our world's climate system and makes possible life as we know it.

Earth's orbit around and orientation toward the Sun change over spans of many thousands of years. In turn, these changing "orbital mechanics" force climate to change because they change where and how much sunlight reaches Earth.  Thus, changing Earth's exposure to sunlight forces climate to change. According to scientists' models of Earth's orbit and orientation toward the Sun indicate that our world should be just beginning to enter a new period of cooling -- perhaps the next ice age.

However, a new force for change has arisen: humans. After the industrial revolution, humans introduced increasing amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and changed the surface of the landscape to an extent great enough to influence climate on local and global scales. By driving up carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere (by about 30 percent), humans have increased its capacity to trap warmth near the surface.

Ever seen the huge boulders in Central Park? They got there the last time a glacier moved through the area. So, would all those UN global warmists prefer that glaciers move down and scrape their building off Manhattan like the last time we had an ice age?   If you think New York traffic is bad now, just wait until you have to detour around a mile-thick glacier.