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The '''global warming''' issue is a political battle over the science of climate change and is mainly used to justify support for the [[Kyoto Protocol]] (q.v.).

The '''global warming''' issue is a political battle over the science of climate change and is mainly used to justify support for the [[Kyoto Protocol]] (q.v.). Politician [[Al Gore]] calls it a [[moral issue]], while scientist [[Richard Lindzen]] says, "It is probably the most immoral thing you could do to restrain energy so that the billions in the earth who don’t have access to electricity won't conveniently get it." [http://www.americaabroadmedia.org/media/On%20line%20extra%20materials/Climate%20change%20-%20lindzen%20interview.doc]

In the general, the term ''global warming'' can be used for any upward trend in the [[global mean temperature]], but it is mostly used to refer to the 1° F warming since 1850.

In the general, the term ''global warming'' can be used for any upward trend in the [[global mean temperature]], but it is mostly used to refer to the 1° F warming since 1850.