[denydenydeny]

Question for the skeptics in general (not necessarily palmer): If there's been a decade-long cooling trend since 1998, how could 2005 have been as warm as 1998?

You beg the question of why, if global warming is such an unstoppable juggernaut of doom, 2007 was significantly cooler.

[cogitator]

You beg the question of why, if global warming is such an unstoppable juggernaut of doom, 2007 was significantly cooler.

Interannual variability (typified by El Nino and La Nina). No one expects a linear march toward increasing warmth in a complex climate system.