This "scientist" is blatantly lieing his ass off at the "Solar Variability, Earth's Climate and the Space Environment" Conference because he has to make sure he isn't exiled from his industry's gravy train.
Absolutely pathetic that "solar science" in the USA has fallen to such depths of swindling duplicity.
Other than witchcraft, what accounted for the rest?
Not sure what astonishes me more...people who continue to spout this drivel, people who continue to publish it, or people who continue to believe it?