I'm getting fat and I know why....

[EternalOptimist]

Being a sceptic doesn't mean you're not a total plonker.
Until you have the intellectual tools and the time and inclination to examine the evidence and make an informed judgement on it, your opinion has about as much worth as a yapping terrier.

I know I'm a total plonker, I said as much ^^, but as pj says, conduction from the sea goes in the other direction, there is little radiation for half the day in any event, and when you include evaporation it goes a long way to explain why sea surface temperatures are not rising and may even be falling.
Not to mention sea levels

just two more predictions that have failed to materialise, so please allow me to have a little yap

[sasguru]

so please allow me to have a little yap

I shall give your yapping the respect it deserves.

[EternalOptimist]

I shall give your yapping the respect it deserves.

Why , thank you kind sir.
There are fewer things more noble than a man graciously conceding defeat in a debate.
I accept

[shaunbhoy]

I'm getting fat because I eat too much.

Must cut down on the fava beans & onion gravy.

It is not that doing the damage. It is eating all the crackling off the barbecued accountants that does it!

HTH