Here's how I look at it..
I think the 'truth' is that we do impact the environment - but not NEARLY to the degree that some would have us think.
I guess... I gotta look at it statistically.
The world has been here - some say for 4.5 Billion years.
We have been collecting climate data - that as least has some potential of 'accuracy' for maybe... 250 years? That's REALLY going out on a limb, considering people were still mostly farmers 250 years ago. But let's say 250 for the sake of this.
So we have about 0.000005555555555555556% of available data to base these 'assumptions' on.
I know there are computer models, tree rings, dirt layers, etc, etc - but we don't know all the variables that could have impacted that either. Or how does wood and soil potentially change after being in the middle of a tree or 50 foot under for 5,000 years.
Lot of unknowns.
Still - I think the truth, like most things, lies in the middle.
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