Michael Creighton's "State of Fear"....what about glaciers and corals?

[EVDebs]

is on CSpan's BookTV show right now. I believe the evidence for global warming, receding glaciers (which I've seen in Alaska personally over the past 30 years, such as Portage Glacier, and in the news such as Mt Kilamanjaro's ice-cap) along with coral deaths, which is supposed to be related to temperature sensitivity, make the case in favor of treading lightly environmentally when it comes to 'global warming' policy.

As a medical doctor, Mr. Creighton should be aware of the adage "first, do no harm", correct ?

[JitterbugPerfume]

1. yuck

T turned him off

Jared Diamond was on earlier Now THAT was interesting and informtive

[EVDebs]

2. I listened to most of it but would refer to anyone who reads books

to "Taken For A Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the Politics of Air Pollution" by Jack Doyle and "Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water" by the late Marc Reisner.

Novels designed to influence policy are fine as long as they don't kill too many trees. Maybe there is some good 'science' wedged into it (but I doubt it). Seems like Creichton is forming a new group, the Union of Unconcerned Scientists. BTW, I won't be reading this new book of his.

Speaking of 'global warming' I wonder if his book sell well in the Netherlands or in the Pacific Island nations. We'll have to see.

[depakid]

3. Creighton ceased being a medical doctor 3 decades ago

All he does now is hawk cheap fiction- and what better way to sell a lot of books than to stir up a controversy that's sure to get him airplay on the right-wing media?

I saw that fool make his "case" on CSPAN- and honest science it wasn't- though in America these days, few people know anything (or care to know anything) about science, so he's actually pretty effective with the TV crowd.

And you can't argue with the fact that he sell a lot of books....