Beene wrote: "If anyone is still operating under the illusion that there was valid thermal gain at Lugano, please re-educate yourself via the authoritative work of Thomas Clarke."
I agree the Lugano report failed in calibration. I don't take Clarke's analysis as gospel. He makes a number of assumptions too. I think the actual result was still well above a COP 1 He also is an avid supporter of AGW and the IPCC too. That should tell you something.

