An excellent synopsis of the problem. Thank you. As for you not believing in anthropogenic global warming, I'm not sure why you think the evidence is thin.
i don't know either - but i know the lies people have been led to believe. for example, here's a list of the most common misconceptions about climate science, with debunking by some of the actual, working, lead climate scientists who put the (overly conservative, as it's turning out) IPCC report together:
http://www.realclimate.org/wiki/index.php?title=RC_Wiki#By_Mythi have yet to see any of their points shown to be wrong, in any even marginally important peer-reviewed work. mostly, the deniers prefer 'articles' and blog posts written by journalists and politicos of one stripe or another. and the deniers with even remotely acceptable credentials have some pretty dicey financial and political connections...
And yet, it moves...