Fear-mongering, on both sides

Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" is now a bestseller. For those who don't know the plot, the premise is that a string of environmental disasters occur due to a "nefarious" plot by environmentalists to convince the world that climate change is occurring. The "brave," contrarian scientists who don't believe in climate change goes off to save the world. Obviously, I'm not going to look to Mr. Chrichton for my knowledge of climate change. His contribution to the debate has about the same value as "The Day after Tomorrow." In this movie, climate change is responsible for cataclysmic disasters around the world and governments ignore a 'brave' believing scientist's warning.

A lot of reviewers picked up on the underlying tone of both works as a call for or against climate change. Unfortunately, both merely raise the raucous of the hype while giving nothing of substance, thereby only confusing the general public further. I know the movie received a lot of bad reviews, and oddly enough, I've yet to see a good review, let alone, any review on the story itself. The only news are angry reactions from environmentalists about how they're portrayed. It's a good thing we're focused on the important topics...

In a more perfect world, neither piece would exist.