Let me aquaint you with Tim Patterson’s work on “global warming” who I believe proved global warming/cooling was mainly due to solar activity.
I summarized an extract findings of his work originally reported lucidly in Canada’s Financial Post in June 07.
Alas, the Financial Post was later taken over by the National Post and who buried the original article and did a re-write which ammounts to a screed against global warming. For it buries the scientific effort he used to arrive at his conclusions . I’m standing by the original reporting
and it is my website; http://www.thesusmat.com/
Oh, I pretty much agree with the sun being the major factor in determining climate. What we have in today's world are many different points of view that approach this subject. We have the AGW true believers who would like to see solar activity stay weak, because they really are worried about a warming planet. Then we have the AGW liars who want to see solar activity become strong so they can disprove the solar earth climate connection. They have been lying about the warming all along (hide the decline) and know it wont show warming when the solar cycle gets active again. Then you have solar scientists types who prefer a weak solar cycle because they are worried about solar flares. Then you have skeptics (the true scientist) who want activity to increase because they believe the world is cooling due to the recent prolonged solar minimum. You can see all these angles play out in the media. That is why the truth is so difficult to discern.
BTW - Your link seems to be having a problem. Will check it out later today.