William M Connolley whoever you are I admire your shutzpah What makes you think that I am not one of them Intuition perhaps There has been an article in WSJ recently by Sharon Begley Has String Theory Tied Up Better Ideas In Field of Physics June   Page B that explains how scientists sceptical about prevailing fads are left out of their jobs Lindzen and some others made their names long before the global warming scare followed the equally meaningless global freezing scare For young scientists however sceptical attitude toward this subject is strictly taboo As for nonexisting consensus any article on global warming that doesnt mention works by Ross McKitrick Robert Balling Jr Randall Cerveny Oliver Frauenfeld or Robert E Davis to name a few is no more than ideological propaganda aka brainwash