an inconvenient truth

I saw this movie yesterday, the best ever call for action concerning global warming and conservation of our home, the earth. And a sad story, too.
>>> http://www.climatecrisis.net/
For these that have not see it yet, go and see this one, even if you are conservative as hell (but then you probably won’t read my blog) it does not hurt to see some interesting facts about what the United States are doing and how much in danger we actually are.

For example, there was an image of the map of Europe that shows how the sea-levels would look like should the “fragile” areas of the antarctic ice and of greenland slip into the water.

Or the predictions on the behaviour of the gulf stream that heats up europe.. which is depending on a steady flow of salty water. This would come to an end should ice from greenland melt and pour into the Atlantic.

In the movie, Mr. Gore also points out that in the seventies, when it become known that cigarettes might _not_ be so innocent as it seemed, the industry spread a lot of doubt among the people.. because doubt was their greatest weapon against the people starting to do something. Someone who is in doubt, doesn’t act.
(He then showed some article/commercial stating “more doctors smoke camels” )

What do I see today all over the news? A “think tank” (apparently a pretty conservative one) found out about Al Gore’s energy bill, which is “20 times higher than the one of average American”, accusing him of hypocrisy.

(See Google News for yourself)

Well, maybe this guy also has a house that is 20 times larger than the average American’s?
Damn it, he ran for presidency in 2000 and is running a global campaign to make people aware of climate changes and problems, THAT GUY IS JUST RICH!
And he is subscribed to “green energy” – not contributing to the burning of fossile fuels.

I wonder how it can be that people are so brain-less. :(