Originally Posted by Libertine

Scientists have in fact been polled:

http://tigger.uic.edu/~pdoran/012009_Doran_final.pdf


Yes, there is a consensus.

And (how surprising!) the area of expertise with the smallest percentage of scientists agreeing with the consensus is economic geology - which is primarily concerned with digging up oil, coal and ore. The area of expertise with the largest percentage of scientists agreeing with the consensus, on the other hand, is climate science.