The end of the combustion engine as we know it?

[Kezzieboy]

You look at the climatic shift in the earths environment, since the ice age, 2.6 million years ago. What does it do? It peaks and troughs.

We are exiting a 'cold period' and entering a 'hot period'. Average temperatures have been on the rise for centuries.

Granted, the use of fossil fuels has largely increased, but has it caused the increase in global temperature? In my opinion, no. Just bad timing.

It has been PROVEN by the scientific community that the increasing global temperatures are being caused by human generated carbon emissions? I genuinely thought that everyone had accepted this by now! The rate of climate change is NOT in line with the 'natural' changes observed historically. Even if it is, then that's even worse, as we can't evolve as quickly as it's changing. By 2050 sea levels will have risen significantly and the global climate will have changed significantly, marking the end of various ecosystems and creating massive issues with food supplies all over the world.

It genuinely stuns me that some people still haven't accepted the wealth of research showing that the climate change in the last century has been stimulated by the industrial revolution and the massive increase carbon emissions it has generated.

The automotive industry is ahead of the game, Euro 5 emissions regulations are incredibly stringent, but these changes need to be targeted at power generation and heavy industry, especially in the developing world if we're to avoid absolute catastrophe.