I have questioned the validity of the cataclysmic AGW hypothesis for 20 years. The recently revealed Hadley CRU information confirmed what I thought was happening. The socialists behind the fear mongering took advantage of two scientific facts; first that CO2 absorbs infrared radiation over a narrow range at 2.7. 4.3, and 14.77 microns (peak radiation from earth at 60 F is at 10 microns), and second that there was a natural upward trend in temperature that started in the early 1800's. The current Global Average Temperature Anomaly (GATA) is on that earlier established trend line. Here is another view of this situation.