Getting Ready for the Debate

I have spent numerous hours preparing for this debate, but it still doesn't feel like enough. Contrary to what I believe my colleagues believe, this debate is going to be an uphill battle for the "Natural" side. There is a wealth of information and opinions out there that say that climate change is human influenced, but the information for the other side is not as easily found. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of information out there that provides evidence for the "natural" argument, but finding it requires a little more detective work than the mainstream climate arguments. For example, when I type in "global climate change" into Academic Search Complete I find a wealth of information relating to the subject, but 75% is "opinion research" (as I call it) that simply examines existing research and then tries to get you (the reader) to believe that climate change is a major issue and is man made. Finding research that simply presents the data, without an opinion on what caused it, is difficult at best, as scientists always want to try to "explain" why things are the way they are, and in this case the mainstream belief is that it is all man-made. I hope that my colleagues are putting as much time into this as I'am, I have some valid arguments, but there is still so much to cover, so many potential arguments to rebuke, I feel like we have a long way to go. Hopefully everything comes together tomorrow, and who knows, maybe our opponents did not take as much time to prepare as I'am anticipating?