Wishing will never change reality. 2010 in a tie with 1998 and 2005 for the warmest year. 2008, La Nina, lowest solar activity in 100 years, and it ranks at least #10 in the last 150 years. Were things as they have been for the last couple of thousand years, 2008 should have been a very cold year.
Neither will falsification of data. You can whine about 2010 being the warmest year since whenever, but the simple fact remains Hansen is falsifying the temp record to make it so. That you are a willing fool who allows him to get away with it does not alter the fact that the record is beyond suspect.
Really a fucking dumb post, Walleyes, old boy. This is Dr. Spencer's site, and his statement concerning 2010 versus 1998.
Dec. 2010 UAH Global Temperature Update: +0.18 deg. C « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.
WHO WINS THE RACE FOR WARMEST YEAR?
As far as the race for warmest year goes, 1998 (+0.424 deg. C) barely edged out 2010 (+0.411 deg. C), but the difference (0.01 deg. C) is nowhere near statistically significant. So feel free to use or misuse those statistics to your hearts content.
Walleyes, are you ever going to stop assuming that everyone out here is so stupid as to accept your bald faced lies concerning the changing climate without checking the real data?
How about a more recent posting from the good doctor.
According to his data the temp here and now is basically the same as 30 years ago and continuing to drop. Interesting how you didn't bother to go with the more recent data, par for the course with you clowns. Thanks for playing to form.
UAH Update for January 2011: Global Temperatures in Freefall « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.