So let's see...

Solar flare activity on the sun is on the upswing trend.

More solar radiation causes minor increases in seasonal temperature averages

Atmospheric temperature increases influence sea temperature

70% of earth's surface is water. Most CO2 ends up in the ocean (as various species - HCO3, H2CO3, CaCO3, etc)

Solubility of CO2 in seawater is strongly inverse of its temperature (decreases as temperature rises)

CO2 comes out of solution and enters atmosphere

Increased CO2 acts to hold in radiative heat from land mass

I'm not getting in to the political debat as to whether man controls global warming or not...

I think that humans are contributing to the problem, but not to the extent that nature is. That being said, I doubt it is our power to control the phenomenon

The CEO of Shell says we've got at least 50 years of oil left (at current production) before the company has to consider itself as "something other than an oil company", which I interpret as the point when alternative fuel production outpaces petroleum production.

So, we could very well see a shift in the petroleum based economy in our lifetime (or at least in our progeny's lifetime)

Perhaps the question is "are you on the leading edge or the trailing edge of this next shift?"

I presume Bubba and his truck will be on the trailing edge, and need government support until he finally has to conform to the new paradigm.