Deskdiary
//As I am ignorant of the science I feel in a reasonably strong position to cast an objective vote based on the arguments of each side,//
No. It puts you in a position of having no idea how to work out the facts.
// and I find Slapshot's to be more compelling than beso. //
That adjudication is the clear evidence that you have no idea. You have accepted Slapshot's reference to Roy Spencer who has declared that "God wouldn't do it".
Leaving this aside, Spencer's model (yes skeptics use models too) has been shown to be incredibly simplistic.
Here is a summary of the worst anomalies in his model.
http://www.skepticalscience.com/spencer-braswell-unrealistic-inaccurate.html
Unfortunately most of you will have no idea what the reviewer is talking about.
This is the problem. Most people have no idea of the science. Many are easily persuaded that it is all a scam because, like DeskDiary, that is what they would rather believe.
Politician respond to such whims. In Australia we have the most inept manever to hold the position of Prime Minister getting elected by the clueless who have fallen for the fossil fuels company propaganda and systematically demolishing every sustainable energy scheme he can find.