From my own personal experience, 'extreme' weather in the winter months in the UK seem to be getting more frequent and worse.

Now that could be for one of 3 reasons or a combination in my mind:

1. GW
2. Solar activity
3. Some sort of observer effect

But I've always been of the mind, better to do something about it and be wrong; than do nothing and be right.

Besides the oil will run out one day, unless we start running our economy on fossilised ancestors.

lame, 3 important points:

1) Climate change is a matter for men of science, not retarded fat monkies with no sphincter control, like yourself.

2) The thing that made the footsie fall was the small matter of what's afoot in dubai. It has been a prominent news story.

3) I insist that you stay well clear of investing in Alt Energy companies.