Tim,

The problem with the 97% claim is that it is utter bullshit. Survey Claiming 97% Consensus Meaningless and Misleading:

They aren't motivated by profit, but by funding.

"Working in climate science has just created this warm & fuzzy (read: dark and dank) spot in my heart for those who think the planet is going to be just fine. We'll all see the truth soon enough."

"global warming deniers" Ah, irony.

Do the authors of these pieces ever turn their own criteria back upon themselves? For instance, are their own views the product of our polarized politics? Isn't it the climate alarmists who have shut down any debate on the merits of the climate models upon which so much of the Gore-ish hysteria is based?