A lot of people don't understand all the interconnected causes of global warming and other environmental crises going on right now, so I now break it down like this:

You ever see a fat guy wearing sweat pants in the summer because it's the only thing that fits?

That fat guy is the Earth, and we have become so bloated with people and factories and cars that we have shoved ourselves into a pair of carbon sweat pants. 

And the sweat collecting underneath his drooping man-tits? That's the melting polar ice caps.

The number of Americans who believe there is solid evidence the Earth is warming because of pollution is at its lowest point in three years, according to a survey released Thursday. The poll of 1,500 adults by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found that only 57 percent believe there is strong scientific evidence the Earth has gotten hotter over the past few decades, and as a result, people are viewing the situation as less serious. That's down from 77 percent in 2006, and 71 percent in April 2008.  ***MARLAR: Upon hearing the news, Al Gore said it really burns him up, makes him hot under the collar, and gets his blood boiling.