Regarding your statement "As for the 'hockey stick graph' on temperatures ... "Most of the warming occurred in the past 35 years, with 16 of the 17 warmest years on record occurring since 2001." This is only true if you believe the data from the ground based sensors is superior to the RSS satellite data.  The satellite data which measures the temperature of the entire earth surface shows no warming - or very weak warming from 1998 to present (with the exception of 2016 El Nino whereas the ground based sensors show record breaking temperatures on a monthly basis.  The ground based sensors are poorly distributed around the world (heavily weighted in the Northern hemisphere), often located in heat sinks and only measure the temperature in their immediate environment.