Right, that RealClimate website Grufty Jim mentioned is chock full of full of goodies, including pretty clear answers to the questions I had after seeing that documentary.
In brief - with regards to the graph correlating sunspot activity with temperature, and the heating of the lower atmosphere rather than the troposphere, these do seem to be complete bollocks:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/03/swindled/#more-414
With regard to the 800 year lag, this is a lot more complicated but here's the gist of it
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/co2-in-ice-cores/
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All of which raises the question, what the fuck were Channel 4 playing at? Given the seriousness of the situation, its an fucking outrage that they could attempt to undermine public opinion with innacurate graphs, misled commentators and known false claims. I've wasted days trying to get my head around this damn thing.
Wankers. Never thought I'd hear myself say this but I'm off to Ofcom to make a complaint.
It's like I'm Mary Whitehouse or something!
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