source: thesun.co.uk
It is looking as though our real-life Captain Planet, Al Gore, wants to make a sequel to his 2006 Academy Award-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth.
Broken by somewhat dubious news sources (such as The Sun UK and Treehuggers.com and Rogue Government.com), Mr Gore is convinced that while his first film on climate change raised awareness and public interest about global warming, there is still much work to be done.
Speaking to The Sun, Gore said that:
"When politicians walk down the pavement, four or five of every ten people they meet ask, ‘What are you doing to solve the climate crisis?’ he said. “If you ask people their opinion, more than two thirds will say, ‘It’s a very serious issue, we’re responsible for it. We need to take action’.Wanting now to change laws and policy, the follow up would attempt to have a greater impact on the public and attempt to instigate major change.
“But then if you give them a list of 25 or 30 issues and ask them to rank them in order of seriousness, climate change comes at the bottom or near the bottom."
Not without his detractors, Al Gore's film caused considerable debate when it was released with news stations exposing his hypocrisy in talking about climate change and challenging viewers to "change the way they live," all while himself leading a jet-setting lifestyle, and owning several homes.
The most famous statistic being that the Al Gore mansion uses twice as much electricity in a single month as the average American family uses in a year. A damning figure that Al Gore deflects by stating he purchases carbon emission offsets - an explanation that many claim to be a cop-out, and a shirking of responsibility.
To provide a counter-argument to An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary was released in 2007 titled The Great Global Warming Swindle. Using interviews from a range of scientists, economists, politicians and writers, the film attempted to portray the alarm regarding global warming as a fallacy and borderline conspiracy. One of the many reasons spoken about in the film for the alarm on climate change and over-use of fossil-fuels was to prevent Africa from becoming a developed nation.
After release, at least one of the interview subjects complained about the way his interview was edited and used in the feature film, and disagrees with the conclusions drawn by the documentary overall.
What are reader thoughts on global warming, Al Gore and the future of the world?
2 comments:
The most inconvenient truth is that if we - humankind - do not radically alter our way of using precious Earth resources, within a few decades, we will no longer have the option to change. Even for our children, let alone our grandchildren, this Earth will not be habitable. We MUST act now to radically change our views and behaviours on energy usage, mineral resources, what we eat and how it is grown, to name just a few basics. WE ARE ALL CONNECTED - TO EACH OTHER, TO THE EARTH, TO ALL LIFE FORMS. Every thought and every action affects the whole. Each of us is are responsible for the Earth's future.
Firstly, most of what Al Gore claims seems to have been proven to be halfway fraudulent at best. He is a bad leader and a bad choice as poster child. I am sure he is making a huge amount from all the publicity leading to his lucrative lecture tours, and his lucrative carbon trading business. As his followers like to say "Follow the money" guys.
As for CO2, there is still no certainty that we are having any important impact on the climate through our CO2 production. There have been much higher amounts in the past with no serious consequences, geologists tell us. There has also not been the fantastic heat rise the famous 'Hockey Stick' graph predicted. Temperature is rising at about 0.1C per decade, just as it has since about 1850, so we are probably not to blame, sorry.
Above all, if anyone wants to do something, then DO IT. Stop whining about it, stop expecting your nanny governments to stop evil corporations from making a profit (for you, BTW). Here is a simple two step plan. If you do not already do it, YOU are the problem, not the SUV drivers.
2 Step plan:
1. BUY RENEWABLE ENERGY. That's right, vote with your feet. Buy it instead of that evil CO2 producing energy. It costs more, sure it will hurt, but that's the point, isn't it? Does Al buy RE? I'll bet he does not. These days anyone can, so just do it. Talk to your energy provider and go 100% renewable today.
2. BUY ETHICAL INVESTMENTS. Investing in high gain investments directly instructs corporations to MAKE MORE PROFIT FOR YOU. That's right, those billions are made for the shareholders, who in the main are pension holders like you and me. YOU CAN CHOOSE WHERE TO INVEST. Pick ethical investments. Again, it will hurt, but again, that is the point. YOU are fuelling Big Oil with your investments, not some shady group of conspirators.
If all Al Goreans just did these two simple things instead of whining about the issue, the issue will no longer be an issue.
Until you do, stop whining in public, because YOU are causing the problem.
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