And the best part of this is

"By posting the standard responses of both sides, we have changed nobodies minds, and contributed infinitesimally to climate change, but it sure feels good to pontificate, thinking that some how what we post on this board would actually have an effect."

So by that effete, pusillanimous logic we should all be neutral, or apathetic, on these issues, despite considerable evidence on a matter that affects morbidity and mortality of millions. Billions.
Dante said: reserved in Hell is a special place for the man who never took a stand on any pressing issue.