There is one e-mail where there is a discussion of decreasing global SST by exactly 0.15C to reduce a 1940 peak in global temps, while still leaving the right land vs sea anomaly ratio. (See 1254108338.txt )If this was a conscious I know what I want the historical instrumental data to be and I will find adjustments to make it so, then it is truly amazing.If on the other hand, they are talking ab