Michael Crichton on Global Warming, Part 3 of 3

[Sage80]

charlie rose is so predictable.

[Pandonodrim]

As much as I loved his work throughout the years, guess what Michael Crichton wasn't? That's right, a climatologist. He was an author. And you nuts on YouTube talking about "Gaia" and Al Gore need to pull your heads out of your asses, detach yourself from blogs and YouTube videos and research what the actual science says.

[DarthNihilus863]

''its all for show.'' michael crichton

[CARDUELIS999]

Michael is wrong here. To cure "global hunger" we ought to institute a Carbon Tax? Food prices rise with energy prices. If he were still with us, he would see this happening with the rise in food prices right now.

[GorterPoss]

@CARDUELIS999 he corrects himself 10 second later and says "gasoline tax."

[Skeptic121]

Answer: I do, but that's not the question I asked. I asked if YOU personally had data, as you implied, or if you rely on the data in the scientific literature just as most of us do. I also asked how it was "obvious" that you know more than Crichton. It might be true, but how could it be "obvious" from a few YT comments? Perhaps I am nit-picking but here's why: I have to evaluate which experts to believe. Arrogance and condescension are huge red flags. So are lies.

[robhoneycutt]

This guy has no data on climate change. He's literally saying nothing at all.  This is an amazingly vacuous interview.

[Skeptic121]

@robhoneycutt Do YOU have any data on climate change? Of course not. We all have to rely on a body of data gathered by a large number of people. Do we have the right to evaluate it? Do we have a right to question it? Do we have a right to point out problems with it? Or must we remain silent? If we must remain silent, why?

Is that science? Or is it something else that tells you that I must remain silent? Is it a religion?

[robhoneycutt]

@Skeptic121 Actually, I have a ton of data on climate change. I obviously know far more that Crichton does here. Yes you do have the right to evaluate it and to question it. But you do not have the right to your own version of facts. The facts support that humans are causing the planet to warm because of increasing concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere.

[Skeptic121]

@robhoneycutt "Actually, I have a ton of data on climate change." Where? URL?

"I obviously know far more that Crichton does" How is it obvious? Do you have a resume?

[robhoneycutt]

@Skeptic121 Do you have any concept of how much scientific literature there is on this topic? It's literally hundreds of thousands of papers. And the science dates back 150 years.

Tell me something that you don't understand about climate change and I'll try to explain it and back up what I say with the published literature.

[JohnnyMac2237]

A true genius and my hero and always ahead of his time.

Jurassic Park

Andromeda Strain

And the Global Warming Corporate/Governmental scare tactics since the end of the USSR.

We have record debts always paid by taxes of the middle class to further war and agenda and keep the elites in power.

Bring the troops home and spend this money elsewhere. Anyone against this has a self-serving agenda.

[BrendanFitRider]

When you look down at the dirt, you will see ants. Most are harmless to you, but if you want you can destroy their world. Now imagine you are a hundred times bigger, you have the abilty to wipe all ants out in one go, none are dangerous to you now.... Now replace the ants with humans, and you are the Earth.... No matter what we do, the Earth will always live on.

[youngeek]

Believing in an untestable hypothesis is called faith not science.This statement is based on grade school level knowledge of the scientific method. In the dark ages fortunes were made on faith in the form of indulgences. Al Gore will make those fortunes made in the dark ages look like a pittance. His net worth will certainly go into 10 figures maybe 11. If all it takes is borrowing and promoting an untestable hypothesis to become the richest man in the world,we are still in the dark ages.

[devianaut]

4:34

excellent!!!!

[uuubeut]

hey dont worry about Obama...worry about Rahm and his Israeli passport.

[TheSilverDragon]

I love Michael Crichton, extremely upset about his passing, and was totally on board with his comments on Global Warming until educating myself properly. To any so called "climate Change Skeptics" I would suggest some scientific literature.

Forget "consensus" and politics, look at the science. Just read a summary of the IPCC 2007, a peer-reviewed assessment. The probability of human caused climate change is predicted to be around 95%.

Climate change skeptics give skeptics a bad name.

[JJTechnologies]

@TheSilverDragon I can predict you a great future if you 'educate' yourself reading IPCC reports:) sometimes I feel like in the medieval ages (hell - if somebody can predict the weather in the next millenium, then I can feel like in the medieval ages). You can't read any 'science' on AGW, because there is no such a science. You can peer review of the furtune tellers to death, and it's not going to change the fact. Doesn't matter how many people will sign at the dotted line, I check for myself

[wrjamescom]

@JJTechnologies

Well said! The Magic CO2 hoax is a religion, it's unrelated to science. But there are so many who have jumped on the bandwagon for tax dollars, science and those who practice science are ignored and threatened if they speak up. Al they offer when asked for data is proclamations from their priests like Mann and Gore, who are all proven frauds.

[aerobique]

dangerously denying science... nothing more

[dinokralt4]

@aerobique not even close. It's denying idealogy. Or at least calling it out where one believes it exists. Many of the most vehement global warming advocates deny the possiblity that idealogy could in some effect their opinions. That is scary stuff

[aerobique]

@dinokralt4

science is the enemy of ideology, and environmentalism is an "ideology" everyone is dependent on

that the hordes working against that dont even know how to write ideology- THAT is scary

[dinokralt4]

@aerobique touche, that was embarrassing. I do still think though Michael is on to something. There are far greater problems in the world, and particularly the west, that are ignored at the expense of combating climate change. A good example is the behaviour that is leading to increasing amounts of debt. The fact that this is going ignored, simultaneously as when some are calling for severe weakening of the economy to reduce emissions is a bit strange. Do see where I’m coming from? any ideology?

[BRUC2016]

All liberals should watch Michael Crichton and pay attention to his skillfully crafted arguments, rather than simply listening to the same junk science claims advanced ad nauseum by university whores in search of government hand-outs.

[polymath7]

@BRUC2016

Would you please tell me where he makes any argument at all, let alone a well crafted one?

It is of course too much to ask that you tell me where he cites any actual data, but I'm afraid I also overlooked where he might possibly have displayed such dazzling rhetorical skill as to persuade the intelligent viewer to abandon the near univocal cosensus of the worlds leading scientific bodies -in favor of the testimony of a hack airport novelst.

[daveeol]

@BRUC2016 univesity whores i love it!

[dinokralt4]

@BRUC2016 boo ya.

[jsmontelius]

if you look back at a graph, BEFORE 1800S, say 10,000 or 100,000 years back, you will see that global warming has happend over and over at the same rate it is now and worse. will we be ok?, IDK! can we stop it? are contribution is .0000001 percent to total carbon counts, therfore at the most our effect on global warming could be .0000001 that is if se stop ALL carbon. global warming is real our contribution is not.

[amaroq69]

Michael states that there is AGW, but not at the alarmist rate that Al Gore is proposing...He also calls for science to maintain objectivity & not become a religion much like the environmentalist movement has become. He knows that the earth has warmed, & is going to warm (his prediction) but catastrophe may not follow...VERY VERY POIGNANT!

[polymath7]

@amaroq69 Whenever somone suggests that the potentially catastrophic consequences of anthropogenic climate change are merely the paranoid phantasy, or even the brainchild, of Al Gore -that isto say if he speaks as though Al Gore were his primary adversary or even in any way relevant to the scientific argument- that person is either a pristine scientific illiterate or a knowing charlatan. No exceptions.

Nor is certitude synonymous dogma, nor objectivity with neutrality.

Asshat.

[amaroq69]

@polymath7 Asshat? hah, gotta resort to name callin' & labelin' to get your point across instead of attackin' the message...if the shoe fits...

[wolverineeeeeeeee]

if you look at the big picture its all about an energy crisis.

they need an excuse too grab our money.

Thats why he is right.

[McFizzle108]

but spending 12 1/2 trillion dollars on our military was justified? there are plenty of strategies to stop "global warming" even if you dont belive in it without spending exess amounts of money. like more neuclear power would not only help solve the energy crisis but also emit less C02. also if we could change the air traffic controll policies and that would actually save us money and stop global climate change. there are many ways to help both sides of the economy vs. enviroment argument.

[wolverineeeeeeeee]

@McFizzle108

Were do we put all the nuclear waste? There isnt enough room.

I started with buying stocks in mega winmills. If we can we have to do something and well oil is running out in 10 years or so so hast is nessecary.

[sperckensiedoitch]

The video jumps at about 2:01...I wonder what to think abou that.

[GorterPoss]

@sperckensiedoitch the full interview is on youtube

[SpiceSE90]

Michael Crichton = Galileo Galilei

[wolverineeeeeeeee]

mmm that is a good point. He also died defending something nobody believes.

They all forget the power of the sun and the sunspots(they were gone till december 2009) Thats why its gonna be cooler in coming years.

[FeilimW]

I really like Al,hes such a nice guy.....what are you telling us michael...?

[DrZ99]

Talking to Charlie Rose is like talking to an idiot.

[TheFreedomship]

0.33.. Wow.

[TheFreedomship]

God Charlie Rose is a Dickhead.

[USA4July1776]

Green is the new Red.

Michael Crichton is the man!

God bless your soul.

[FreedInsanity]

How daring of Mr. Crichton to place his lasting legacy in his most controversial book.

[TRUMPHENT]

Crichton was wrong. AR4 did not attribute possible sea level rise higher than 59cm because ice sheet flow though happening was not predictable. W. Antarctica is at or even below sea level. You will never hear Crichton mention that fact. Greenland keeps melting faster than scientists predict or can measure.

Crichton was an MD turned fiction writer. He was not a scientist.

[DoctorGmork]

AR4 did not attribute possible sea level rise higher than 59cm because ice sheet flow though happening was not predictable.

well put.

[seaXcrow]

Scientists do not, cannot predict. Local weather forecasts are cr*p beyond a week or two, how dare the gorebots claim to be able to predict global climate for decades ahead. Screw the polar bears; they've lived thru worse than a few decades of less frigid cold.

[TRUMPHENT]

Weather is reliably predicted all the time. What you don't understand is the amount of uncertainty that is assigned with each prediction. And, probably never will.

Or, you could visit Dr Stephen Schneider's website. He spends a lot time explaining this prinicple to the nonscientist. But, you predictably won't.

[ChristiansMustLearn]

wrong. do a youtube search for Piers Corbyn - you'll be shocked by the accuracy of this guys predictions

[GorterPoss]

@seaXcrow Climate is not the same thing as the weather. However, I think Crichton's point is that even though we might be able to make a semi-decent guess about what the climate will be like, to be certain about the global mean temperature will be is outside the ability of current climate science.  As he says, the climate is a coupled non-linear chaotic system. Making accurate predictions about such a system is extremely difficult.

[BioRockLennon]

Was he a republican ?

[jesbsnrn]

your wrong and history will remember you this way as well.

[GorterPoss]

no way, he's just fine. Stop being a catastrophist and stop promulgating consensus science.

[mrmaciejm]

He is very smart. And I think he is right about many things.

He should be proud, he has his own opinion. Whats wrong with heaving your own opinion?

[blatspanner]

mm. he dead now. coincidence? probably.

[lorettajfarmers]

god bless him

[specklebelly23]

Why has this all died? Nothing from Coleman or Inhoffe anymore. Seems like the snowball is just unstoppable anymore. Sad and disgusting.

[metalzboy]

"i didn want to write this book,i might get killed for doing it"..........makes ya think huh?....Global warming is bullshit fed to our kids to manipulate them,those of us who grew up in the 70's remember the everyone screaming about the coming Ice Age.......the big culprit that spawned global warming is called "Govt. Funding"

[Yodelinghero1]

and the media...

[billyd87]

R.I.P Michael. You'll be missed.

[greatsea]

The problem the GW doomsdayers have with coming up against Crichton is that he knows their game all to well, being himself a master of catastrophic fiction writing. And it's this particular quality of the GW movement that he is calling out. The artistry of it all, the emotional component, the myth-making aspect of the whole thing.

[driecken]

R.I.P. Mike

[vlastafe]

"Psychic Readings", Ilove it!

A fact is not the Truth, since truth is made of many facts.

Depends who reads the cards(facts)out!

Micheal, you are our Angel!!!

[jesuslover037]

Haha "No one can predict the weather for a month." That's a great line. He will be missed.

[A4EA4E]

What ?? is he dead??

So another one

who works for the truth has been killed?

[dtpark1213]

I have so much respect for Crichton to have the courage to speak out for reason in the face of blind hysteria. Bravo!

[krambambulimille]

min 0:32. "He said no you have to write it, i said i might get killed for this...."

[aerobatic]

A great mind has passed. We can only hope that OBAMA! will listen to this kind of reason. If he does, we might escape the holocaust of global warming catastrophism that's just starting to be seen in the deaths of thousands due to starvation from high food costs caused by burning corn for fuel instead of food.

[32doors]

Are you kidding? Obama is a demagogue. Demagogues appeal to emotion, not reason. Your optimism is misplaced.

[aerobatic]

My optimism may be misplaced. But OBAMA! is now the President-elect of These United States. Presidents and Presidents-elect ignore the data at their peril. As do scientists, especially those who are coercively financed.

[bighitter42]

Show me a President who listened to data on a consistent basis in the past century. What makes you believe that Obama, who has already turned his back on so many of his early campaign promises regarding foreign policy, will be any different?

[aerobatic]

OBAMA! is extremely unlikely to listen to data that contradicts his "good friend" Al Gore. But, we can hope. Without hope, we end up in a socialist kleptocracy that prefers Gaia to humans, and will let millions die before besmirching "the planet."

[bighitter42]

Why do you spell it "OBAMA!"?

However I'm totally with you on the GW catastrophism that exists.

[aerobatic]

I spell it OBAMA! to ironically underline the idol-worship that this new President generates. There are a lot of Obamaholics out there whose hangover is going to be far worse than any depression.

[bighitter42]

HAHA! Fantastic...you couldn't be more correct.

[Horio77]

Do you get the Stansberry & Associates daily newsletter? Porter always refers to BHO as OBAMA! It's really funny, and very fitting.

Obamaholics... another very fitting word!

[aerobatic]

I do. That's where I got the OBAMA! thing, and it handily encapsulates the hype over a Chicago hack politician.

I think the hangover might be starting already.

[polymath7]

@aerobatic

Certainly there is every possibility that our present society will devovle into some sorrt of dystopia -indeed that civilization will not survive this century- but this because humanity faces problems that are extraordinarily complex, and such a ponderously large minority of supposed homo sapiens are as lacking in mental rescources as you, and the Exceptionals must squander much of their talents in herding useless cattle such as yourself.

[claudelebel55]

@aerobatic millions are dying already and what are we doing about it...... and it is not a matter of Gaia or Us.We depend on a healthy environment and taking care of the natural world should be an obvious necessity to anyone who cares about quality of life. How much do those who convert food growing lands to ethanol oriented crops care about people dying of hunger or being priced out as the cost of grains rises higher and higher. We are an extension of the planet.

[osiokonkwo]

WOW...fantastic

[danger0usknowledge]

You're right the debate is over.

You can't even manufacture a false YT

argument.

[danger0usknowledge]

There is no peer reviewed research that disproves man made climate change. *Peer review is fixed because they want to distribute American wealth* Bush's EPA agrees with MMCC. *They're bureaucrats rhymes with democrats* Newt Gingrich agrees with MMCC. *He's a politician* T. Boone Pickens & Rupert Murdoch agree with MMCC. *They just want to make money on the green bandwagon* Insurance companies agree with MMCC because getting it right affects their bottom line. *Which proves what?*

[rationalCrash]

You've got it backwards, it is the alarmists who claim the "end of the world" that have to prove their claim. There is no evidence for it (see bjorn lomborg). All the global warming scare mongers are doing is keeping Africa and other third world people poor.

[danger0usknowledge]

Just like the alarmists had to prove that smoking kills in the face of the "facts" that Big Tobacco hiring it's own scientists "proved" that there is no connection. Exxon has just dropped funding all it's favorite scientists and PAC's b/c their mission has been accomplished-Bush is allowed to leave office w/o imposing expensive regulations. Now, unofficially, Exxon now says there is enough proof of anthropogenically caused climate change just as Bush is leaving office, what a coincidence.

[rationalCrash]

I'm still waiting for any proof of the "end of the world" hypothesis fear-mongering alarmists are pushing. You are just like little Bush and his cronies rationalizing going into Iraq by pushing FEAR tactics. Trying the change of subject logical fallacy just makes me think you have no evidence.

[danger0usknowledge]

You can't even provoke a false argument.

You are an amateur probably a liar for

hire try very hard to attract response

and views to your CC denier video.

Let me hear all the big logic words.

[rationalCrash]

Where is the proof? to make a claim without it DOES make you like little Bush and the Iraq war. He made claims without proof and used fear to get people like you to not question. There are starving people in africa because(in part) people like you are pushing corn for fuel causing food prices to rise drastically.

[danger0usknowledge]

RatCrash, I notice many climate change

deniers NOW pretend, as if coached,

they are anti-Bush/Iraq, acting like reasonable ppl who really give a crap.

New funds from Exxon & AEI to buy

scientists with $10,000 bribes is over but they made it possible for Bush to evade regulating corporations by saying more proof/research is needed thereby pushing

it off to Obama. Anti-war but a skeptic on Climate Change...what a *deep thinker* you

must be.

[rationalCrash]

So.... asking for proof of a claim by fear mongers (that would be you) means I've been paid off by Exxon? lol, you've drunk a LOT of the koolaid.

Still waiting for evidence for your claim.

Don't look at evidence, make irrational accusations. lol, have some more koolaid.

[danger0usknowledge]

I said scientists were paid by Exxon,NOT YOU.

You are a *rocket surgeon* if you get my meaning. As I said before Exxon has unofficially conceded the argument

which leaves you looking kind of alone.

I know you & Crichton will keep fighting

the good fight for truth & justice.

I notice you throw in the requisite talking point "koolaid" & "fear monger" and you

also throw in some anti-Iraq war words

to show what a serious searcher for truth

you are. One more view/comment for you

spammer.

[rationalCrash]

Watch "the great global warming swindle" for a small list of REAL climate scientists (not politicians like gore) that say it is far from certain how much affect we are having on the climate. I'm also still waiting for EVIDENCE that the "end of the world" scenario you fear mongers claim is anything other than BS. P.S. Exxon is an oil company, not a climate researcher. I'll continue to listen to the real scientists and look at the data myself.

[danger0usknowledge]

ratcrash, why don't you read the damn post

already. Notice I was talking about

*scientists* (that would not be you) as

no longer being subsidized by Exxon & AEI.

[rationalCrash]

Essentially an ad hominem logical fallacy. It is fine to be somewhat suspicious about funding sources (like all those GW alarmists saying the "end of the world is nigh" get their money from groups that care more for a tree than human life). The only valid argument is scientifically verifiable data and theory. P.S. look up John Christy, he's one of the most reliable climatologists out there.

[RMKumpf621]

Michael Crichton's State of Fear is am amazing book. I loved it! Great read and full of scientific data (with sources to back it up).

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[danger0usknowledge]

He is not an honest broker and his evasions

prove it. He knows Charlie Rose and he

knows he won't be embarrassed.

[soylentgreenb]

I'll take honesty and cautiousness of zelotous hackery every day.

[soylentgreenb]

*over

[huckteeper]

If it was possible for me to give you another thumbs down for this silly remark, I would. Unfortunately, -6 is as low as Youtube goes.

[AgnesBojaxhiu2000]

North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer ... much more than just a new northwest passage eh .. and beating the best, fastest time by four years .. north pole ice is a gonner .. and hey ... most drinking water comes from ice ... and how much longer before the south pole melts eh ... but the rushie neocons will tell you that global warming is a joke ... that you should laugh every time you hear about it ... but i heard last night that so much ice is melting that the oceans are changing & dying

[packrat76]

Agnes: That is such a bunch of rubbish. The Pole never was ice free this summer either. What a bummer for all the alarmists. Agnes, you stated most drinking water comes from ice? Where did you come up with that? The oceans are dying?? Rubbish!

[huckteeper]

Agnes... "I heard last night that so much ice is melting"? The oceans are changing, that's for sure. They have changed since they first formed and continue to change. They are not dying. Crichton is right in that the so-called global warming is the least of our problems. Oh, and North Pole ice cover increased this summer. Bad news for you climate change faithful, isn't it?

[ratholin]

When dealing with religious people and Green is a religion don't be surprised that data matters less than what their preists say. They'll probably claim the increase as a benefit of highbrid cars or a benefit the earth gave them for buying carbon vouchers from al gore when he puts on his pope hat and sells indulgences for the sin of using modern technology.

[johnknoefler]

I feel 'Bad for Crichton. They treat him like crap because he wrote an unpopular book based on his own studies and research.

[HeartlessGorre]

Every thing I agree on exept for carbon taxing, which is downright a bad idea.

It is like what the Roman Catholics did (I am Roman Catholic)in midevil times. They allowed gods forgival for your sins by PAYING the priest. (And you shouldnt have to pay for sins to god, duh.)

[sleep1]

carbon taxes ..... how dumb is that

[Polskapan]

Well stated, Mr. Crichton.

[disconnecktie11]

i love michael crichton. state of fear is a great book.

[jrrphoto]

Michael Crichton as we all should - has come to terms with reason. The guys a bad ass

[makeyanoticeme]

Thanks for this. Very interesting. I really like Michael Crichton, and he is amazing in interviews. Again, thank you!

[JonRosko]

I think Mike and Charlie are a good match for each other. I really enjoyed this segment.

[alcedias0]

Stunning debater, crichton. Excellent writer too. I take the same side of GW as he does. Science over Politics!

[Smokin3215]

Anyone know of this Reed Brison guy he speaks of? I tried doing a search for him and didnt turn up much.

[bigl991986]

Do a serch on Reid Bryson and you will find him.

[morgs2020]

A true scientist

I've got ya back Mike

[81broncoman]

I second that, as an engineer.

[jupiterjjrm]

I third that, as a physicist

[lostangel912]

well put.

amazing author and scientist

[GlobalWarmist]

Global Warming is Liberal Terrorism.

[GlobalWarmist]

100% of scientist believe in gravity...

[girzwald3]

Gravity has been tested and experimented with since man first realized what gravity was doing. Global warming due to CO2....hundred years?

Also, gravity is relatively simple in comparison to the climate.

[alcedias0]

Not true, though.

No one knows what causes gravity. No one knows.

We theorize, we don't know.

[JonRosko]

So are you saying that we know how the climate will react in 10 years better than we know how fast a ball will drop from 10 feet?

[panzmeyer]

I love Crichton's position, and his book was great and right on. However, he about lost me in the previous video (#2) when he said he would've supported Al Gore against Bush in last election. To basically admit Gore is mentally ill over this climate change thing........and then say he should've been President???? Please!

[mortaldeity]

panzmeyer - i think the point he was making about gore is that he would have made a better president than bush, but still far from perfect. crichton is a top bloke, got a lot of time for him. made me realise never to take an issue at face value. always question.

[panzmeyer]

Maybe that was his point. I disagree. Gore would've been a disaster as a President. He was part of the Clinton administration that completely mis-read the Al Qaeda threat, and presided over the neutering of the US intelligence capabilities. Bush will be treated kindly by history. He's horribly demonized by the media right now.

[cmyersnbt]

Crichton actually consulted with Gore when he was writing Rising Sun - so he's known him for a while. I think he avoided the question because he didn't think Gore would be good.

[iluvamerica101]

That is what I got too. If he supported him then he would have said yes.

[81broncoman]

We will never know if Gore would have made a good president, we have nothing to compare Bush to.

[rogerfgay]

Michael Crichton is certainly closer to the scientific consensus. There are a very small number of scientists supporting the politics and economics of "correcting" the scare-mongering Al Gore view. He is definitely right in exposing them.

[eaglecry1957]

Consensus science is not about science...It is about politics...

[simpleblob]

Strawman attack. A Shallow one too.

[Sielomax]

charlie rose is a nut case

[GorterPoss]

Perhaps it is better to base our opinions on a retired politician.

[mousepotato64]

Hey if you want to believe algore I don't have a problem w/ Crichton. At least he based his book on facts and backed em up. I don't have a problem w/reducing Co2 though. Show me some resonably priced solar cells and I'll put em on my roof. (I'll have to cut down a couple of trees though.)

[mousepotato64]

Consensus is NOT science.

[nlightnd07]

His is right that no one can really predict future weather. Where he misses the point, however, is that 6 billion people do impact the planet. Driving cars, using pesticides, making plastics, burning coal - it all adds up. It does have an effect - and it cannot possibly be in the best interest of the planet overall.

[mousepotato64]

He did not miss that point and neither do other "flat earthers" He just Isn't running around like a chicken w/head in basket over it.

[mattihoo]

Yea Al gore was really freaking out like that in his movie :| With all his ruuning around and screaming and tearing his hair out, It was almost an action flick...

[mousepotato64]

No the slide show was a bore. It's his running around the planet that I am talking about. Gore has burned up more Hydrocarbons than my whole family tree. And he wants to tax me for it, that's the bottom line.

[mattihoo]

This is like, theoretically speaking, interviewing some guy who wrote "The Earth is Flat" and then him being interviewed a few years later when it was discovered that earth is actually round.

[mousepotato64]

You mean the earth is round???? omg!

[thedirtman00]

We've got about 100 years to wait, but

the catastophic warnings of cities being flooded are for real. You believe that people gravitate towards exaggerating risk. I feel most people gravitate towards complacency. I wonder if that's all there ever was behind this big "debate".

[Rhombencephalon]

What possible reason can you have to believe that any catastrophies will occur as a result of GW? Hurricanes have decreased in both frequency and intensity since 1940, so don't cite me Katrina.

[nlightnd07]

Rhomb - with regards to hurricanes, there were 9 between 2001 and 2004, 3 in the highest categories. That still needs 6 years of data to be compared. The overall size of these latest storms does appear greater - but that could just be perception. No one knows what is going to happen weather wise. The effects of pollution will not be pleasant, however, whether catastrophic or not.

[Rhombencephalon]

Yeah, and ZERO in 2005. SO what's your point? You're telling me that GW affected 2001-2004 and then took off two years? Come on, either it happens on a long time scale, or it doesn't happen at all. No one is interested in hurricane patterns of a few years duration. Even the temperature took 100 years to go 0.6 degrees. 0.6 degrees hotter than it was a century ago...

[mousepotato64]

Actually there were alot more than 9 btwn '01 & '04 But as mecentrists often do you fail to count the ones that did not hit populated areas. There have been storms for centuries that just go up into the north Atlantic and run out. ask A sword fisherman.

[thedirtman00]

This man is an example of what happens when we don't have a concept of risk. While it is true that no one knows what the future holds we do know this - tempting risks will eventually cause problems. He could learn something from talking to pregnant teenage girls - otherwise very intelligent.

[GorterPoss]

I believe he is arguing that the risk is overblown and that people tend to gravitate towards worst case scenarios which exaggerate risk. The pregnant teenager analogy is inadequate since you can only be pregnant or not, whereas Crichton does foresee some warming but not outright catastrophe.

[brav0wing]

Every living thing is carbon based. What's next, shall we kill humans because our bodies emanate to much CO2? Oceans are the main source of CO2 propagation in atmosphere. The other day i read in METRO newspaper from London that scientists opinion to cut down CO2 levels is to cut down forests (incredible). Don't believe everything is given to us by governments. Good job Mr. Crichton!!!

[matthew871]

Is Charlie Rose's voice deepened in the studio and they leave the interviewees' voices kind of alone? I mean is that normal to do on these talking head shows?

[jjjiiimmm4]

I admire MC very much and I'm sure he's right. He doesn't support his position very well though. He looks a bit bored..

[PompaTG]

Maybe he's on some sedatives? I know I would need 'em to keep me from strangling that nauseating prick Rose ;)

[purkasz]

At last!!! A clear view, unbiased and unemotional. Clarity must be allowed in to this argument. The 'delusion of crowds' must not be allowed to sway intelligence here.