Looks like it was just a means to make a buck. From Wikipedia:
Sixteen of 18 US climate scientists interviewed by Knight Ridder said the author was bending scientific data and distorting research.
Several scientists whose research had been referenced in the novel stated that Crichton had distorted it in the novel. Peter Doran, leading author of the Nature paper, wrote in the New York Times: “our results have been misused as ‘evidence’ against global warming by Michael Crichton in his novel ‘State of Fear'”.
And anyone who bothered to actually read those references could have figured it out themselves. Very few actually did.
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This reply was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by
Mouse Wizard. Reason: Added last two sentences
