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  • Calibration issues aboundPosted on: 11-26-09 | By: KWBased on what I have read so far this study, while interesting, is likely to be inconclusive for a number of reasons. First and foremost is that there is no way to determine the calibration and sensitivity of the various instruments that recorded the more important data - that from the 1800's. Even if those problems can be solved in a transparent and indisputable manner, the data isn't going to go back far enough to handle or show longer cycles, their harmonics, or their interactions with other cyclic factors. Secondly, the more important portion of the global warming debate is not whether the climate changes but whether or not man's activity on the planet is a significant contributing factor to our observations or merely coincidental.