If by "us" pete222 means the climate science community, I would...

If by "us" pete222 means the climate science community,

I would have thought he was referring to the HC community. Are you assuming the cloak of an "Appropriately qualified scientist" yourself? It sound as if you are.

Up 'til now you have not demonstrated any depth of knowledge beyond what you would have learnt at school. If you want us to accord you any higher status than that, you would need to demonstrate to us a great depth of knowledge.

So pick your cohort pete and choose for yourself how long is needed for you to accept that we are in a long term warming trend.

Eer! We ARE in a long term warming period, have been since The Little Ice Age. When has anyone denied that? That long period has stalled at PRECISELY the time all the alarmists told us we would have run-away warming. Isn't happening.