I consider myself, (as one with a modest scientific background), as one with a great curiosity about the "Global Warming " debate.  As such I am inclined to read in full most of what becomes available including the text of Mr. Lawson's paper .  I found his perspective refreshing and honest.  The purpose of my writing here is not to criticize the Lawson paper but to ask of the climate intelligentsia why 2 certain elements of every discussion are stunningly absent or mentioned in passing from every document I have read on the subject.  To me if these two issues are not answered thoroughly then nothing in the debate is even worth discussing. One:     How can it be that the planet has been warming on average since the last ice age some 20,000 years ago and that is nearly a post script in the discussion.  The experts speak of ocean level changes of 1/2 inch being critical over the next 100...(Read Full Post)