An Inconvenient Truth

[desoto_hia873]

I asked for Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth for Christmas, but no one gave it to me. So I bought it for myself and watched it tonight.

Wow.

We are so doomed. We're living on Easter Island and cutting down our last trees to make big heads, and no one's asking, "Wait. Is this really a good idea?" Well, no one except Al Gore, perhaps.

Go, see it for yourself. If you look, you can find it on bit torrent sites. Somehow, I don't think he'd mind if you watched it that way.

And then imagine what the world might be like now if he'd won that damn election.


ETA: If you're looking for similar material to read, try A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright. It's not just about global warming--it's about how civilizations do themselves in time after time.

Comments

[st_salieri.livejournal.com]

This is exactly why I can't bring myself to watch it - because I know it will depress the hell out of me. I love me some Gore, but...I can't watch! I'm such a wuss. This kind of stuff just leaves me so upset.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

It was rather alarming, frankly. I've been more involved in environmental chemistry and fisheries stuff lately, and wasn't aware of how much cumulative evidence of global warming there was. He did try to end the film on an up note, by saying that he thought we could still rectify the problem, but it does seem a bit of a long shot.