Berkeley physicist Richard Muller is turning out to be one of the most interesting and controversial new players in the climate arena. It's still early in the year, but it's looking like he'll be the Judith Curry of 2011. Fresh off his recent congressional testimony (which turned out to be a deep disappointment to Marc Morano), he gives this wide-ranging interview with NPR's Talk of the Town. Muller says enough stuff that is sure to make both Romm and Watts fume, and as you all know, that's the sweet spot in this debate. (Like a smart politician, though, Muller also salutes Watts and the hard-working climate science community.) To me, this is the money quote in the NPR interview, and one of the most obvious but least said things:
People want to pigeonhole everybody in this field just to simplify the argument.
And here's an observation he makes that could ...
