If the science isn't settled, then why do you state that the earth is in a cooling period? There is money to be made on both sides, so there is a lot of misleading information out there. A simple search on the internet can get some sources that show the earth is cooling and some sources that the earth is warming.

Lots of people here claim that the science isn't settled, and then proceed to explain how their opinion is right because they found a study/conspiracy/profiteer that proves their point of view is right.

In the end, the debate will not be settled until hundreds of peer reviewed and governmental studies come to a similar conclusion. That happened a few years ago, but the climategate catastrophe and the backlash from “An Inconvenient Truth” have caused many to review previously accepted studies with a more skeptical eye. Also, previous studies ignored by peer review journals are being looked at again because many feel they were ignored because they did not support climate change. Science is not immune of mistakes, but overtime, it has not failed. We are in one of those rare moments in history where the scientific community might change course that could dictate how humans will live for the next century, but it is too early to tell which way the scientific community will turn.