<div dir="ltr"><div>I misspelled this name twice, once in the subject heading, again as shown below, with one "l" not two, as it should be. My former University of Idaho English professor Jack Davis is haunting me! </div><div><a href="https://lmtribune.com/northwest/university-of-idaho-prof-spent-25-years-civilizing-the-white-man-jack-l-davis-who/article_d38b6856-3ddf-5dac-88f0-11c9ad408be6.html">https://lmtribune.com/northwest/university-of-idaho-prof-spent-25-years-civilizing-the-white-man-jack-l-davis-who/article_d38b6856-3ddf-5dac-88f0-11c9ad408be6.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><b><i>"...at least one of the co-authors, Wilie Soon, was a well known fossil fuel industry supported scientist:"</i></b></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 9:32 PM Ted Moffett <<a href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">starbliss@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2022/11/serious-mistakes-found-in-recent-paper-by-connolly-et-al/" target="_blank">https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2022/11/serious-mistakes-found-in-recent-paper-by-connolly-et-al/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>From the Realclimate article: </div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,49,80);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The problem is obvious when you look at the statistical results below, with temperature data (T) in black (NH = northern hemisphere), estimated solar effect in blue and human effect in orange*. </span><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_lbn7f45s0" alt="image.png" width="542" height="361"><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,49,80);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Obviously, no blue line explains “most” of the warming. </span><br></div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------------------</div><div>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2000 through life plus 70 years, Ted Moffett. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the <a href="http://vision2020.moscow.com/" target="_blank">Vision2020.Moscow.com</a> forum without the express written permission of the author.*****<br></div><div><br></div><div>Notting the authors of the peer reviewed climate science paper discussed in this RealClimate.org article, I knew immediately, without reading the Realclimate content, that at least one of the co-authors, Wilie Soon, was a well known fossil fuel industry supported scientist:<br></div><div><div><a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/21/6/131" target="_blank">https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/21/6/131</a><br></div></div><div><h1 style="margin:0px 1em 0.25em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:400;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.15;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="2">How much has the Sun influenced Northern Hemisphere temperature trends? An ongoing debate</font></h1><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Ronan Connolly</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">1,2</span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, </span><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><font size="4"><b><i><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Willie Soon</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">1</span></i></b></font></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, </span><span style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Michael Connolly</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">2</span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, </span><span style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Sallie Baliunas</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">3</span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, </span><span style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Johan Berglund</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">4</span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, </span><span style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">C. 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Elias</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">8,9</span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, </span><span style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Valery M. Fedorov</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">10</span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, </span><span style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Hermann Harde</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">11</span></span><span style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline">, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Gregory W. Henry</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">12</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Douglas V. Hoyt</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">13</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Ole Humlum</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">14</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">David R. Legates</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">15</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Sebastian Lüning</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">16</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Nicola Scafetta</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">17</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Jan-Erik Solheim</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">18</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">László Szarka</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">19</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Harry van Loon</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">20</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Víctor M. Velasco Herrera</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">21</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Richard C. Willson</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">22</span></span>, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Hong Yan</span> (艳洪)<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">23</span></span> and <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Weijia Zhang</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">24,25</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">---------------------------------</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px"><a href="https://www.desmog.com/willie-soon/" target="_blank">https://www.desmog.com/willie-soon/</a><br></span></span></span></span></span></p><h3 id="m_7384302671005419317gmail-h-fossil-fuel-funding" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5rem;margin-bottom:1.5rem;font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;font-size:24px">Fossil Fuel Funding</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5rem;margin-bottom:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;font-size:16px">As part of a <a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20032018/climate-change-denial-monckton-soon-koonin-california-cities-lawsuit-judge-science-tutorial" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">March 2018 legal case</a> between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland and fossil fuel companies, Soon was asked to disclose any connections he had to connected parties. He <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4417034-Soon-Et-Al-Respond-to-Judges-Question-3-20-2018.html" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">offered the following response </a>(emphasis added):</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px"></span></span></span></span></span></p><blockquote style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5rem;margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px 35px">“I have not received any funding for the climate-sensitivity research led by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley. In the past,<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600"> I have received scientific research grants from Exxon-Mobil Foundation, Southern Company and the Charles G. Koch Foundation for my work on various topics, including scientific research on the Sun-climate connection</span>.” <a href="https://www.desmog.com/willie-soon/#s98" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">[98]</a></p></blockquote><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px"><br></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div>
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