This Al Gore film is one that everyone should see. It doesn't matter what your politics are. The issue of global warming is above politics - how to get to a solution may not be, but its effects and the things that individuals have within their power to change is unrelated to one's political position. Participation in a solution is a moral, not political, issue.
The film has a measured tone, not at all preachy or histrionic, like Michael Moore can get. (Ok, Michael Moore LIVES in histrionic town.) It's broken up with a bit of history (a certain election) and humor. Gore CAN be funny. No, seriously. The facts are easy to digest, and suggestions for what individuals can and should do are not presented until the credits.
Yet I could not sleep the night I saw it. While the message was not "We are doomed," we definitely are "in deep doo doo." And the images of all the glaciers melting, and the fact that as we speak, animals are DROWNING because they have no ice floes to camp on - that is a fact that does not need much digestion to understand. Polar bears cannot swim far enough to reach new ice floes as their habitats melt.
And yes, that does affect more than the polar bears and penguins. If the melting continues at this rate or increases, the shorelines of every continent will be affected by rising ocean levels. It would place lower Manhattan and at least 1/3 of FL and California underwater. And that is just one problem. The tsunami of 2004? That's nuthin. The film does not even address rising temperatures in places like Phoenix, where even a degree or two per decade could make the entire valley uninhabitable in our lifetimes.
So as you watch the coverage of yet another horrible hurricane season, do yourself a favor and pay attention to the things you can do to avert total global disaster. Do research or go see the flick. Don't stick your head in the sand. Without your participation in a solution, doo doo becomes doomed. Especially those with children, or those who expect to have grandchildren. There's more you can do than just trade in your SUV. Although if you don't do it soon, you won't be able to. Once the masses catch on, we will catch up with Europe and Asia and all be driving teeny tiny cars, or at least, hybrids.
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wouldn't it be amazing if enough people would change to do something about it, so many ways that are so easy but America is so lax.
I would say the moral majority is not willing to change the slightest way they live in order to cause change.
Hopefully this film will make a difference.
I think there are several conservative groups that are rallying their numbers but I will have to find that again...
It's super hard to change. It's super hard to remain aware of the problem. We are ALL of us very spoiled. Even by living alone we are wasting energy. I would rather drive a TOY car than get a roomate!!!
There is a way to offset the problem too, by funding alternative modes of power and research, but that sounds so scam-my. Still checking into it. I know Pearl Jam did that on their last tour - they got the whole transportation issue down to zero impact by offsetting it. So there's gotta be a way that's not a total scam.
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