Jed, I don't have a PhD in LENR either, but I believe it exists even
though the mainstream doesn't. Possibly my opinion is worth little.
The IPCC forecast has been falsified. It doesn't take a genius to
understand that. The link I gave to Lucia's site "The Blackboard" has
covered that in excruciating detail over the last couple of months.
Lucia Liljegren classes herself as a lukewarmer and is highly regarded
for her statistical ability amongst other things. Her opinion is worth
more than mine on statistics.
You are of course welcome to your opinion on mainstream climate
scientists. I find they are more near sighted than the community
commenting negatively on LENR.
I recommend reading ""On certainty: Truth is the Daughter of Time" by
Dr. Robert Brown here:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/12/03/on-certainty-truth-is-the-daughter-of-time/
The original quote by Francis Bacon circa 1600, was “Truth is the
Daughter of Time, not of Authority”
I think Akasofu is worth reading too. The piece is long but mainly
graphs, so a quick read. Note Fig. 2b.
http://people.iarc.uaf.edu/~sakasofu/pdf/two_natural_components_recent_climate_change.pdf
