People are still recovering from the man-made eco-catastrophe hype and manipulation. Simple hubris of our species makes us disposed to accept the idea that our actions can destroy, or save the world. The idea that the world (or the sun) could destroy us, offends our sense of importance.  The conceit of assuming our natural environment exists to support us, and that it cannot change except by our neglect, doesn't leave much room for the humility necessary to appreciate how dependent we are on conditions being just so.  I'm past the point of entertaining the global warming theories as anything other than a naked political justification for remaking the economy, and consolidating power globally.  Real science is a method to understand reality, and re-searching the sun's impact on our climate is a super obvious place to start re-looking. Because they can't use it to problem>reaction>solution us into a one world government, investigating the grand solar minimum's effect on human civilization is of no use to the powerful. There is no opportunity to a asign blame and impose punishment, no profit motive so to speak.  If they thought it was a real danger, they would probably lead public opinion away from acceptance/discovery, while they rearranged their earthly holdings ahead of the curve. Which come to think of it, resembles the current situation a bit.