It turned out the guy who commissioned the whole thing is a oil Barron with vested interests in both mining and oil.
It kind of deflated the whole thing really......
Where's the proof that it was commissioned by anybody? The first attempt at releasing this information was at the frothing at the mouth humans are bad website Realclimate. When Gavin deleted it, it was then uploaded to Russian servers and then propagated worldwide as people realised the con. It's been spreading like wildfire ever since.
The thread is here somewhere - I cant remember it's title thou!
Will keep looking.
After a very small amount of digging it all became very clear.
The guy who first released these hacked emails was the director of a large oil company up US or Canada way - he then moved over into the coal and minerals industry....
Will keep looking.
In the meantime - I wouldn't mind seeing some numbers or other explanations explaining the sudden and rapid rises observed... there's all this denial going on but there's nothing behind it - there's nothing on the other side of the equals sign. Remember - the climate doesn't just change 'just because' - there is always a cause, either natural or not.
So... if not humans then what (that unanswered question is now well over 5 years old on these XNC board's)?!