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Burt Rutan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Rutan

"an American aerospace engineer." "a BS degree in aeronautical engineering." Not anybody who is professionally involved with climate and climate effects in any way.

To compare:

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/global_warming/global_wa...

"Some claim that there are 31,000 U.S. scientists and over 850 peer-reviewed papers that challenge the consensus that humans are causing climate change. Skeptical Science gave these claims the greatest benefit of the doubt and came up with this interesting factoid:

31,000 scientists represents 0.1% of US scientists that hold a BS degree or higher

850 papers represents 0.1% of the peer-reviewed papers on the subject of climate change"

Burt Rutan is just one of 0.1% above.