To me, all of the expertise, all of the Ph.D's, all of the tenure and all of the opinions of climatologists are simply worthless in relation to the world at large - except for their ability to make accurate predictions.
Really, of what general value would climatology be without an established record of prediction? It would come painfully close to being a pseudo-science. This doesn't mean that they need to be able to forecast tomorrow's lottery numbers ( in effect) but we should expect that they can create predictive graphs that follow emerging reality with a reasonable fit - and frankly, that's where the problem seems to be.
