[ScottM]

2 observations...

1. Can engineers evaluate any kind of data? Here's some more anecdotal evidence. When I came down with an extremely rare neurological syndrome, I did some research and made my own diagnosis. When I finally saw a Neurologist, he and I disagreed on the diagnosis (he was close). I did some more research, even going as far as reading medical journals. When I gave him the results showing that my diagnosis was correct, he immediately referred me to another Neurologist. The point here is that engineers can in fact research and effectively evaluate data outside of their specialties.

2. Climate data shows that the earth was warmer 1000 years ago than it is today. It was cooler 500 years ago. It also shows that the earth warmed from 1900 to 1945, cooled from 1945 to 1965, and has been warming since then. Applying Occam's razor, global warming is not caused by people, but by...drum roll please..the Sun.

Scott