Yes, I think you're right Azred - it does seem like scaremongering is a tactic used to grab headlines and it only serves to increase scepticism. Of course, if they're all telling the truth we're a bit screwed
I believe we'll adapt as well, and it ties in neatly with an article I read recently titled 'Tsunami's don't kill people, Poverty does' which basically tried to show how the casualties in a country like America would have been much much smaller due to technology, decent infrastructure etc etc. I'll see if I can find it online later.
That's one of the particular strengths of the evidence this article presents - solar radiation is something that can be measured and quantified unequivocally and is therefore much more 'concrete' than the evidence presented for global warming. Also, the fact that a noticeable change has occurred within such a (relatively) short time period eliminates all the usual guesswork about whether its part of a much longer climate change that's natural.