cc: k.briffa@uea.ac.uk
date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:55:46 -0500 (EST)
from: <ralley@geosc.psu.edu>
subject: divergence
to: jto@u.arizona.edu

Peck--Thanks.  The big issue may be that you don't just have to convince me
now; if the NRC committee comes out as being strongly negative on the
hockey stick owing to RD'A's talk, then the divergence between IPCC and NRC
will be a big deal in the future regardless.  The NRC committee is accepting
comments now (I don't know for how long)...  As I noted, my observations 
of the NRC committee members suggest rather strongly to me that they now
have serious doubts about tree-rings as paleothermometers (and I do,
too...at least until someone shows me why this divergence problem really
doesn't matter).  --Richard
