The Kyoto Protocol is a political solution to a non-existent problem without scientific justification. In the late 1980s, the global temperature appeared to be increasing. This brought a concern to the public and “global warming” quickly became an unsupported fact. Some scientists think that it is the carbon dioxide that is warming the earth while some think it is changes in the sun that are creating this increase. The problems with the global warming theory involve work by scientists that have consistently been proven incorrect, inaccurate computer simulations of the environment, and false facts (such as the earth’s atmosphere working as a greenhouse; this is an inappropriate analogy). Rather than the Age of Information, Age of Speculation would be more fitting. Y2K is an example of a speculation that became concern and caused the government to needlessly spend a lot of money on it. Global warming is following the same trend that global cooling followed from 1940 to 1980 where they predicted an ice age eventually. Global flooding is the concern with the ice caps melting. However, how do scientists know that the ice doesn’t displace the same amount of volume as melted water? There may be no change in sea level whatsoever. The panic of ice shelves breaking apart should not be so concerning; it is what ice shelves do! Computer modeling systems are highly inaccurate in both prediction and overall understanding of climate. Whatever the exact figures, human contribution of CO2 is minimal when the entire environment is taken into account. The earth has warmed throughout history (i.e. – North America melted some 20,000 years ago), and it can be safe to assume that this was not due to human-contributed CO2. The media has had its part in increasing concern. They tend to take the theory and distribute it to the public as a solid prediction of what will happen.