I hope by now you have had a chance to view Salby's important presentation at the University College. I want to point out some extremely important new work by Prof. Nir Shaviv and his colleagues presented here.Anyone interested in the debate over Hanson's hypothesis owes it to themselves to be aware of the latest science.
In the push to politicize and popularize the idea that anthropomorphic CO2 emissions were going to cause a disastrous temperature excursion, Hansen fully embraced the change in terminology from "Anthropomorphic Global Warming" (AGW) to "Climate Change". Unfortunately this has led to obfuscation. The public has lost sight of the real issue, i.e., Hansen's Hypothesis. The debate has always been over what causes climate change, and not climate change itself, about which there is no question. As far as I'm concerned the question of whether we are in a warming cycle has been answered already. We are.
Please keep an open mind. When you for example mention Salby's "disgrace" please be aware that he, like virtually all other especially prominent scientists whose work calls into question Hansen's Hypothesis, has been subject to relentless ad hominem attacks unrelated to scientific criticism. Sometimes these efforts have resulted in politically motivated vendettas and even termination of research funding. Salby is not an Angel by any means, but his NSF budgetary transgressions were of the sort that would ordinarily have resulted in a reprimand only. Nevertheless he remains highly respected in the atmospheric physics community. He is the author of a seminal text in Atmospheric Physics and many papers in the peer reviewed literature. He is certainly no quack.
For those interested in how Salby was treated by NSF you may find this interesting: http://joannenova.com.au/2013/08/murry-salby-responds-to-the-attacks-on-his-record/
I have not had much time yet. I have been digesting some other material.


