 We've been accidentally cooling the planet, and it's about to stop. Humans' fossil fuel burning has cooled the planet while warming it, presenting problems for the future. Wait a minute. Can you have it both ways? Is this because the facts come out, and then they have to defend their crap from the past? Yes, exactly. Oh, my gosh. Global warming has actually cooled the planet, which is why it's warming up, is the thesis from this Washington Post article. And what the argument is, we've actually talked about this.