To conclude

One is confronted by the enormous impacts of the factors mentioned above in driving long term climate change borne out clearly by the historical record. As a result, it is hard not to feel that the current discourse by the IPCC might be somewhat myopic or nearsighted. There are host of other factors that also mitigate against a simplistic concept of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). Not the least is the rising carbon dioxide levels appear to follow global warming rather than precede it.

However, suffice it to say that the big drivers - the sun, cosmic rays, and the earth (and their cumulative action borne out in the historical record) have been outline in this blog.

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