"There are tens of thousands of scientists with absolutel no vested interest in wanting humans to be the cause of climate change and you are resorting putting up a science fiction writer as your most valued resource to the contrary." ~ Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
You show your invincible ignorance - and obstinate determination to stay that way - every time you open your mouth.
CRICHTON, (John) Michael.
American. Born in Chicago, Illinois, October 23, 1942.
Educated at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, A.B. (summa cum laude) 1964 (Phi Beta Kappa).
Henry Russell Shaw Travelling Fellow, 1964-65.
Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology at Cambridge University, England, 1965.
Graduated Harvard Medical School, M.D. 1969; post-doctoral fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, La Jolla, California 1969-1970.
Visiting Writer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988.
More: http://www.crichton-official.com/aboutmc/biography.html
So he is a medical doctor. Not a climatologist. Never said he wasn't a smart guy, but he is still a writer of fiction. Doesn't seem like you have much amunition.
Maybe you can quote to the CEO of Exxon. Yeah, he certainly is a qualified source. And certainly unbiased.