DigSpace,
re: "surface temp is certainly a different matter than "the earth"
Oh? Aside from Al Gore and his claims that the earth's core may be MILLIONS OF DEGREES today, the surface is the only part that I care about when I'm discussing global warming.
When you run a fever, do your toes get warm? Mine don't. Despite this, I'd have no problem with someone who said my temperature was up.
But I see your point: When I posted that per G.W. proponents, the Earth's temperature was rising, you didn't understand what I meant. What I'd written was just too unclear for you.
That, or you like to nitpick over semantics.
I'll have to keep that in mind in my future posts.