The big question is what happens if we do nothing about
climate change. Do we end up spending hundreds of billions
of dollars coping with the changes or do we end up spending
tens of trillions of dollars coping with the changes? Since
we are contemplating spending trillions of dollars to
prevent climate change we can act on the answer to that
question and a reliable answer is worth trillions of
dollars.
It is natural to expect that the Climate Research Unit would
have been performing its major work within a framework of
internal controls designed to permit the appointment of a
third party to audit the quality of the work. If the auditor
was of the opinion that the work was of sufficient quality
it could go forward as input to intergovernment treaty
making. If not, then governments could look elsewhere for
advice or commission further research work from other hands.
The recent leaks have confirmed that the CRU never attempted
to institute apropriate internal controls, attempts to
replicate past results internally have failed, and there is
nothing to audit. You find the sarcasm you encounter to be
confusing because it is misdirected.
It is natural to expect that the Climate Research Unit would have been performing its major work within a framework of internal controls designed to permit the appointment of a third party to audit the quality of the work. If the auditor was of the opinion that the work was of sufficient quality it could go forward as input to intergovernment treaty making. If not, then governments could look elsewhere for advice or commission further research work from other hands.
The recent leaks have confirmed that the CRU never attempted to institute apropriate internal controls, attempts to replicate past results internally have failed, and there is nothing to audit. You find the sarcasm you encounter to be confusing because it is misdirected.