Or his apparent inability to use Excel OR ANY OTHER GRAPHING PROGRAM to fit a straight line and get the slope!!
I have not seen this disputed anywhere. In the e-mails released a few months ago he was at work (in 2009?) and said he could not fit some very simple data as everyone had gone home and he was terrible with Excel. I mean, really! How can you be in a field where you interpret and have opinions on scientific data and not be able to work with it? I have at least 3 programs on my Mac I could use to fit a straight line, plus a calculator, plus another 3-4 programs in my lab on a PC I could use.
Even if I did not know how to use a brand of software (or in my case I have never actually used my calculator for this purpose) I could learn how to use any program, even in Spanish or German, neither of which I am fluent in and graph it in 2-10 minutes. Does not inspire confidence in me that he knows much at all.
Looks like his degrees may be more Environmental “Science” as opposed to say Env. Chemistry or Biology.
We have an Env. “Science” program at my university (as do many schools) and they require almost no real science courses. And also don’t teach people how to use Excel to fit a line.