faux skepticism

NASA's JPL division has an interesting article on thawing dry ice (frozen CO2) near the polar regions of Mars. Aside from its being interesting, I only bring it up as it reminds me of the faux skeptic talking point about Mars warming, ergo the sun drives warming here on earth.  It is about as far from a truly skeptical argument one could imagine as it rests (or at least it did when it originated) on the flimsiest of evidence that there is climate change on Mars at all.  A truly skeptical approach would not make the leap from two photos of one spot to a global trend.  Even if you establish the…