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Valkenburg et al look at the way inhomogeneities in the universe introduce apparent uncertainty in dark energy measurements, if one assumes a homogeneous world model when interpreting distance measurements. They also point out that cosmic variance will lead to bias in w(a). Modeling the structure in the universe is important! My question: is weak lensing immune from these worries, since it involves treatment of all the inhomogeneities?

Calculation to 2nd order of the effects of inhomogeneities on averaged observables.

I'll let Phil do the talking on this one!