Follow up question #3: There’s been a lot of talk about the “raw temperature data”[1].?

Their numbers are prettymuch meaningless to me in regard to CO2 or AGW. I think they are suspect based on the recent fraud that was unearthed but it wouldn't change my mind one way or the other. I don't find the recent warming inconsistent with the past nor do I find it particularly alarming. I also don't find that it corresponds well to CO2 concentrations. For example it cooled in the mid 20th century in spite of increased CO2 concentrations.