Global Warming SkepticismMike Rappaport

James Taranto captures the source of much of my skepticism about global warming:

Our skepticism rests largely on intuition. The global-warmists speak with a   certainty that is more reminiscent of religious zeal than scientific inquiry.   Their demands to cast out all doubt seem antithetical to science, which is founded   on doubt. The theory of global warming fits too conveniently with their pre-existing   political ideologies.

This is all reinforced by the efforts taken to use the so called consensus as a hammer to attack anyone who might disagree.