interview with a "Climate Change Skeptic" request

And the typical "Do you believe in the IPCC" litmus test offered by the true believers in this thread is super annoying.

The statement that it is scientific fact and a consensus. Anyone who has studied atmospheric chemistry knows how intensely complicated it is and to assume anyone can be certain about models is absurd. Is it likely that our contribution to greenhouse gasses directly effects the climate? Absolutely. Is it certain that this will happen and the planet does not have mechanisms to mitigate the change? Absolutely not, so people shouldn't attack those who are not completely convinced.

Light alkane hydrocarbons are present in major quantities in the
near-surface atmosphere of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas during
both autumn and spring seasons. In spring 2002, maximum mixing
ratios of ethane [34 parts per 109 by volume (ppbv)], propane (20
ppbv), and n-butane (13 ppbv) were observed in north-central
Texas. The elevated alkane mixing ratios are attributed to emissions
from the oil and natural gas industry. Measured alkyl nitrate
mixing ratios were comparable to urban smog values, indicating
active photochemistry in the presence of nitrogen oxides, and
therefore with abundant formation of tropospheric ozone. We
estimate that 4–6 teragrams of methane are released annually
within the region and represents a significant fraction of the
estimated total U.S. emissions. This result suggests that total U.S.
natural gas emissions may have been underestimated. Annual ethane
emissions from the study region are estimated to be 0.3–0.5
teragrams

Conclusion
By comparison to the calculated 4–6 Tg of CH4 released
annually from the study area, global natural gas drilling has been
estimated to release 45 Tg of CH4 per year (16), of which the U.S.
natural gas industry alone has been credited with 6  2 Tg of
CH4 per year (4). These results show that the southwestern states
account for a significant portion of U.S. CH4 release from
natural gas sources. Because only 37% of the U.S. natural gas
industry is located in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, with
another 25% offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, our results suggest
that the actual CH4 emissions from the fossil fuel industries may
be larger than currently estimated. Using similar conditions to
the CH4 calculations, an emission rate of 0.3–0.5 Tg per year is
calculated for ethane. By comparison, global natural gas emissions
are believed to release 6 Tg of ethane yr1 out of a global
ethane budget of 13–15.5 Tg per year (17, 18).
In this study, the elevated light alkane levels were measured
within a region that encompasses the Anadarko Basin, which
contains one of the largest natural gas and oil reserves in the
continental U.S. Whereas individual sources of alkane emissions
from this region (e.g., natural gas and
or oil production, natural
gas storage, and perhaps natural gas seepage from the ground)
are poorly quantified, sampling this region in a grid configuration
was very effective in identifying locations with elevated
alkane mixing ratios. Similar studies of natural gas and oil
regions in other countries would help to constrain global emission
estimates for methane and other light alkanes.

"We aren't going to do the Big Bite changes until momma nature forces our hands."