"Unprecedented warming did not occur in central England during the first decade of the 21st century"

"Summary: Unprecedented warming did not occur in central England during the first decade of the 21st century, nor during the last decade of the 20th century. As the CET dataset is considered a decent proxy for Northern Hemisphere temperatures, and since global temperature trends follow a similar pattern to Northern Hemisphere temps, then the same conclusion about recent warming can potentially be inferred globally. Based on the CET dataset, the global warming scare has been totally blown out of proportion by those who can benefit from the fear."

Now go and read the full article as a welcome antidote to the 'warmist' propaganda that masquerades as science in so much of the media.

Here's a short extract to whet your appetite :

"The first characteristic of the graph to note is the green trend line. That line indicates an overall warming of 0.26°C per century rate since 1659. So, for some 350 years central England, and the world, have been warming. No big surprise there since Earth has been continuously warming since the end of the Little Ice Age; and, at the end of that 350 year trend line of warming is the first decade of the 21st century. Based on some 350 years of warming, it should be of no surprise that this last decade is the 'warmest' since...well...it's been warming for a very long time (ya' know, when you keep warming something slowly it just happens to keep getting warmer over time).

By the way, the temperature trend from 1659 to the end of 1945 was 0.19°C per century. That means there was a 0.07°C per century increase from 1946 through 2009 (from 0.19°C to 0.26°C). Is that the human CO2 "signal" that alarmists claim threatens the world? Or, is it the "solar" signal from the grand maxima that was reached in the late 20th century? Or, is it the "land-use" signal from tropical rain forest deforestation and paving over farmland with asphalt? Or, is it the "black soot" or other aerosol signal from burning of biomass from the billions without modern electricity generation? Or, was it just part of the natural variation that occurs?"