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To: longnshort who wrote (33803)	3/3/2013 1:31:24 PM
From: Solon	1 Recommendation Respond to of 69300

As always, you think a knee-jerk cut and paste can change reality for you and obliterate research and conclusions of thousands and thousands of experts! The lead author or the chapter on GCR's states publicly that the conclusions being spewed by the the uninformed and the insincere are complete BUNK!! "The lead author of the chapter published, Professor Steve Sherwood, told ABC in Australia that the conclusions drawn by the blogger responsible – that Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) cause climate change – are way off the mark. “Oh that’s completely ridiculous,” Sherwood told ABC’s PM programme. “I’m sure you could go and read those paragraphs yourself and the summary of it and see that we conclude exactly the opposite, that this cosmic ray effect that the paragraph is discussing appears to be negligible.” So maybe check your FACTS before wasting my time with cut n' paste nonsense from your conspiracy people! “It beggars belief to see how people, apparently without relevant knowledge, could make up such nonsense and get the blogosphere buzzing,” IPCC author Dr Richard Klein of the Stockholm Environment Institute told RTCC. Klein points out claims of a leak are baseless, given that the draft is available to anyone who registers as a reviewer, and says he is disappointed with the attention the claim generated. But he does admit that transparency has its drawbacks, and that making drafts entirely open to the public would not be a wise move. “First, IPCC chapter author teams need time to assess all relevant literature for its specific chapter, and to link with other chapters. This requires various iterations. It means that draft chapters are almost always incomplete and possibly inconsistent. Draft chapters are work in progress and, when made available to the public, could lead to confusion and misinformation,” he said. “Second, anybody who considers themselves to be an expert, and that includes sceptics, can sign up to be a reviewer of the draft chapters. This is done in good faith, and the more experts provide genuine review comments, the better the IPCC chapters will be. This means that draft chapters are by no means secret, and therefore to suggest there has been a ‘leak’ is silly,” he said. Cosmic rays The lead author of the chapter published, Professor Steve Sherwood, told ABC in Australia that the conclusions drawn by the blogger responsible – that Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) cause climate change – are way off the mark. “Oh that’s completely ridiculous,” Sherwood told ABC’s PM programme. “I’m sure you could go and read those paragraphs yourself and the summary of it and see that we conclude exactly the opposite, that this cosmic ray effect that the paragraph is discussing appears to be negligible.” - See more at: rtcc.org