Butcherboy - If the oceans have taken away some of the surface heat, then it begs the question: "Why didn't the climate modellers take any of this into account when making their forward projections??".
It proves that the climate is an extraordinarily complex system, where even the best minds can't pre-determine, let alone assimilate, all the primary drivers into their forecasts.
That is reason alone to be sceptical of those who continually proclaim that "the science is settled", and that there'll be "catastrophic" consequences if we don't act now.
Bottom line: Never trust any politician; never trust any ex-politician; never trust any government body; and never trust any organisation or institution whose existence depends on the promulgation of a incomplete theory.
