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Thursday's Energy Trader: Oil Says 'See Ya Later'

I live at the southern end of the Red River Valley of the north. About 14,000 years ago, the spot where my house now stands would have been covered by about 1.5 miles of ice and snow. A huge glacier that came down from the Arctic Circle got as far south as slightly below the border between North and South Dakota. About 12,000 years ago, the glacier melted, and a huge lake was formed (Lake Agassiz). This huge lake covered many thousands of square miles, and the lake bed that was formed is now the Red River Valley of the North. This is now some very fertile farm land.

My question for those who believe that global warming is manmade is this: What caused this huge glacier to melt? Of course, around 12,000 years ago, the first Native Americans arrived in this area. Perhaps it was the smoke from their campfires? Or their arrows punching holes in the ozone layer?