the opinions of smart, competent people are usually interesting. Rutan, like McIntyre, looked into global warming because it was an interesting topic that 'smelled funny'. here is a Forbes' piece by Larry Bell that gives an intro into the process of what Rutan did when he caught the scent of bullshit coming off the concensus of climate science.
A Cool-Headed Climate Conversation With Aerospace Legend Burt Rutan - Forbes
if you liked the Forbes article, you should check out his website www.burtrutan.com
A Cool-Headed Climate Conversation With Aerospace Legend Burt Rutan - Forbes
Then, what really drew me into the subject, was when I found that I couldnt obtain the raw data that I was looking for. I was shocked to find that there were actually climate scientists who wouldnt share the raw data, but would only share their conclusions in summary graphs that were used to prove their various theories about planet warming. In fact I began to smell something really bad, and the worse that smell got, the deeper I looked.
I even read Al Gores book, which was very enlightening but not in a good way. When you look for data to back up his claims, you immediately discover that they are totally unsubstantiated. This was frankly astonishing because analyzing data is something Im very good at. All my professional life I have been analyzing complex flight test data, interpreting it and presenting it. Something that I always did in flight test is to make a chart that shows every bit of the data, and only then, decide later on the basis of real observed results which parts of the data were valid.
Tragically, policymakers have thrown horrendous amounts of taxpayer money needed for other purposes at solving an unsubstantiated emergency. It is scandalous that so many climate scientists who fully knew that Al Gore had no basis for his irresponsible claims stood mute. Meanwhile, that alarmism has generated billions of dollars more to finance a rapidly growing climate science industry with budgets that have risen by a factor of 40 since the early 1990s. I consider this failure to speak up just as unethical as the behavior of those who put out the false catastrophic claims.
if you liked the Forbes article, you should check out his website www.burtrutan.com