Disputing the 'consensus' on global warming - Science is in many ways the opposite of decision by consensus.

I have never liked the use of the word "consensus" as it is typically applied in the climate arena.  Scientists don't really have a 'consensus' so much as they have an 'understanding' of climate science.

I wrote an article on this subject in 2008, "The cold truth about climate change:  [Disinformers:] continue to insist there's no consensus on global warming. Well, there's not. There's well-tested science and real-world observations [that are much more worrisome:]."

When James Hansen read the f...