«I've seen Al Gore's film twice, but I've also read Michael Crichton's State
of Fear, which makes a compelling case on the other
side,» says Hug, referring to the controversial 2004 novel in which Crichton — using scientific
arguments that were hotly challenged by critics — ridiculed the global - warming consensus as the work
of conspiratorial
alarmists.
But when he throws around the label global warming or climate «
alarmist» to compensate for the paucity
of genuine science on his
side of the
argument, and does this while chairing a US Senate Committee, this is abuse not merely
of argument but
of power.