An Inconvenient Truth
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Movie Reviews of An Inconvenient Truth
Movie Review: Gore gets credit for questionable science
Summary: 5 Stars
Al Gore is a non scientist. And all of us know this. We have little idea of what millions of years or (even hundreds) have to do with our climate and its change. Ice ages. Does anyone really know when the next one is due? On Global warming issues, the same things apply. We simply do not know. Yes, we have more people. And more dogs, cars, garbage, and cats I might add. Our trees are being cut, and yes, because of more people, we do pollute mother earth more who we should. Oh we can destroy it, but hopefully most of those types of morons know this. But our earth will take of itself. It has managed this for millions of years. Yet, for political reasons, a non scientist wants to make everyone believe he has "news" for all of us. There were atomic scientists who, as we comtemplated dropping the first of two atomic bombs on Japan, seriously thought the world might end (and the reasons has nothing to do with religion). But it did not. It is true, that some of Gore's ranting and clowning around does seem to make sense. But any, and I mean any REAL scientist of the world today, would have produce much more evidence of this doomsday outcome Gore's insists is coming unless we stop "being people." Any, pharmacist or chemist of today (that includes me) would have to produce much more "evidence" to win a Nobel prize. The destruction of our home Earth has much to do with more carbon dioxide emissions and the glaciers melting and raising seas. What we are headed for is extremes that in weather are much more radical than the temperatures of today. The irony is that the earth needs carbon dioxide to us to live, but too much and you begin to play "tilt" with our climate. If the polar ice caps melt, then all of us have a problem. Sorry Al, some USA citizens might bite into this cheap cream pie idea, but what do you say to the peoples of China, India, and the the rest of the developing world...do you say.."hey, you guys simply cannot have your industrialized revolution like we in the US did in the 40s and 50s. " Sorry about that. "You will cause the world to end." I know what China's answer to us would be. I know Gore had little to do with the facts in writing this slice of garbage for all of us to be shocked by, and they are just a guilty. But people love mother earth or they better. The problem is we have to live here. More people are born outside the US everyday. Taking care of our earth home had better be on all of our minds all of the time. But not by this type of message. Gore did not deserve to win and 99% of the people know it. Cure AIDs or Ebola or think of ways all of the world's people could get along. Al Gore did not deserve this award. But like the climates he so predicts, the world will go on. The world's problem is not as simple as this new idea of "global warming" and his big charts forcing him to use tall ladders to reach and point to. Ever heard of the nitrogen cycle, Mr. Gore? Nitrogen affects the climate maybe even more. Who knows what we have been doing since the 1930s when we began using methods to harness the unusable N2 to a form we could make ammonia and other chemicals with. It is not just carbon dioxide okay. As a chemist, I would have never suggested taking an award of such meaning, if I had contributed so little to the research that won it. What, they gave you a prize for make a presentation --like a second grader? Put the award in your prize box Al, you won't get another one. guy aireyMovie Review: A deeply moving wake up call for human beings
Summary: 5 Stars
Who is this truth inconvenient for?
It's inconvenient for ExxonMobil. It's inconvenient for the Bush White House. It's inconvenient for the evangelicals who think that the rapture is only a few years away--so who cares if the planet turns into a humid swamp a few years down the road? They and their toupees and their Jerry Falwell posters will be going to heaven--so, so, sorry, non-believers!
I really didn't expect a lot from this production. I've read at least my share of books on global warming. So I didn't expect anything new. Yet there was something new. The fact that the soil loses moisture to the atmosphere as the temperature rises, the fact that sea ice breaking off can accelerate the breaking off of land ice, the fact that typhoons in the Southern Hemisphere have hit record levels--these facts and a few more I didn't know until I viewed this video. But even more significant was the lucid clarity of the presentation. Instead of writing a book for the few, Gore made a video for the many.
You don't want to miss this. Here is a guy who could be president of the United States. Here is a guy that arguably got cheated out of the presidency. Here is a guy who is light years ahead of the present occupant of the White House in almost everything that we consider noble in humanity. And what does he do after losing a microscopically close race that maybe he really didn't lose? He recognizes the greatest problem facing humanity; educates himself to an outstanding degree on the subject, and then puts together a program for informing as many citizens as possible about the grave danger facing this planet. This production is the result of all his work.
All I can say is, Gore for President in 2008!
Would that it were possible. The special interests and the head-in-the-sand couch potatoes will find some way to ridicule him; and the corporations against the truth about global warning will pour massive bucks into making sure that he is not one of the candidates in 2008.
One of the other things that I thought about while watching this outstanding video, this PowerPoint presentation deluxe, this slide show for the century, this beautifully presented visual argument for action now before it is too late--is how amazing it is that the people who control the media, who make sure that, as Gore points out, the truth of global warming is thought to be scientifically "controversial," when in fact there is no scientific controversy at all, only a commercial media controversy--how amazing it is, I thought, that despite all the mass media control, the message is getting out. This video is being seen by millions of people.
Be sure you see it. The worst case scenario for global warming is worse than almost any other imaginable disaster. Terrorism, even nuclear warfare, pales in comparison to the earth in a runaway greenhouse catastrophe. Imagine Venus with the surface temperature hot enough to melt lead. Global warming could lead to a sterilization of the planet.
And THAT is why Gore has devoted himself to warning us.
Bottom line: this is a smart, sharp and very moving visual presentation, brilliantly directed by Davis Guggenheim, a presentation that I hope reaches an enormous audience, who will in turn assert themselves toward saving the planet before it is too late. Remember, a runaway greenhouse effect could reach a stage, without our knowing it, past the point of no return.
Movie Review: Great inspiring movie. Please see it and let's change the way we live.
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie made a big impact on me as it made me aware that our earth will no longer remain the way it was for us by the time our children grow up. It was a scary feeling...especially because we're seeing it happen before our eyes - the warmer weather around the world, the natural disasters and yet we do nothing about it. On the DVD, Al Gore gave an update after the movie, which should cause even more concern on our part. I went to the suggested website right after the movie and realized that my impact was "Average" on the global warming. But after having seen this movie I wanted to change the way I live and help bring down my negative impact on the environment. Having grown up in country like India, I am automatically programmed to save water and electricity but I wanted to make more changes. Here is what I would say we do if we want to make an impact on our environment. If all of us do something, the total impact will surely be great.
- Walk when you can, change your car to an energy efficient car if you can afford it
- Carpool as often as you can, or use mass transit
- Change all the light bulbs in your house to energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs
-Turn down the thermostat by a few degrees, I have taken to wearing warm socks and a light sweater so I can turn down the thermostat
-Switch off all lights and appliances not in use - like computers plugged in, other appliances, lights in a room when you walk out, bathroom lights, outdoor lights you don't need for "security"
- Switch all outdoor lights to solar, consider putting up solar panels if you live in a house to use that energy
- Turn off the water when you're just brushing your teeth, or shaving and don't need the faucet to run
- Refuse grocery bags when you can at the store, take your own bag or carton and bring stuff out in a cart and load that bag/carton. If you have to use grocery bags, reuse them as much as you can like for throwing out trash, so that you use some less plastic in a day
- If you own a business, please switch off all lights at night inside the store/office - it always amazes me that in America we do not turn off the lights at night
- Let's recycle all our trash as much as we can
- Plant a tree, I think we should encourage everyone in our communities to have a tree planting day when we go and plant trees in areas around our cities
-Support environmental initiatives, by donating time and money
Simple steps, but if all of us follow these steps it will create a snowball effect to start reducing our negative impact on the environment.
Let's begin today!
Edit - I got some negative comments on this review which say that the film is political propaganda. My point is that even if the film is political propaganda it did jolt me into realizing it was time I took some responsibility to protect our resources as they're not going to last forever.
Film or no film, the fact remains that we need to think about our environment. We are part of a society and culture that loves to consume. Conserving water, electricity, fuel is something that you do in many countries out of necessity. In America, luckily we don't need to be so cautious as there is no such scarcity. Still, it is just good to be more frugal and try to conserve resources when we can. And even if there is a 10% chance that some of our actions will help conserve our environment for future generations then it is worth taking that step.
Movie Review: A very important documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
It breaks it down for the unaware and those who have been brainwashed. But it does nothing for the Bush and Limbaugh lovers who will beleive the 1% of 'experts' who probably got their degree [...] It's hilarious how the these 1%'experts' are cited over and over again when none of their 'expert' research has ever been published in a serious scientific journal or review. They keep spewing out crap, hoping no one will call them on it.
For example, someone posted earlier about how our volcanoes spew out more CO2 than all of our cars combined. Yea ok, I think this person spew out more bs than volcanoes. If he 'checked' the facts, which takes like 3 seconds, instead of swallowing everything Limbaugh tells him, he would've soon figured out that man made CO2 per year is more than 150 times that of volcanoes. And that was by 1991 estimate. Today it is at least 10 times that. 2006 and 2005 has the highest ever recorded CO2 level in over hundreds of thousands of years. These findings are done NOT by GORE, (and who really cares who is doing the talking if it is TRUE??)but by dedicated scientists who teach at major universities and publish reports in scietinfic journals - it's like the medical journal for doctors. These journals are highly technical, thourough researched and vetted, the findings MUST be verifiable and it must pass the scrutiny of professional peers in the field. Our country has the best universities in the world and there is a REASON for that. Out of thousands of scientific papers written on the subject by top research universitie on global warming, NONE, ZERO disagree with the disastrous effects of man made CO2 on global warming.
Yet these ignorant people, thinking they are 'smarter' than scientists with PhDs, dismiss them with such casual air, as if that's the only way they can make themselves stand out or be more important than them. God, how low people would go for their egos.
They rather listen to 'expert' idiots like themselves who often work for Mobile & Exxon, who knows nothing about the real science and will say anything for $$$$, they are the true science fiction writers, like the guy that wrote Jurasaic Park. The only 'fact' they bother to read are those books next to National Enquirer. They wouldn't understand the first paragraph of a real scientific paper if their live depended on it.
And another said something about 'global tax'. Huh? What the heck do you think we are paying for now in Iraq. We are securing ME oil to make the big oil companies in business. Every American and their daughters and sons will be paying trillions and trillions for this war. How could someone be worried about paying $8 for a DOCUMENTARY (and when was the last time an anti-global warming documentary was free?)and not worry how much he/she is paying for oil?? We are literally paying thousands of dollars in hidden tax for this war. And the only ones to benefit are the rich oil companies and the subcontractors. All awhile making our climate worse. They don't spend hundreds of millions of dollar for nothing. That's where these idiot scientists with their bs findings come from. If cigarette companies, with a fraction of money of oil companies, can still convince people smoking does NOT cause cancer, what do you think oil companies are capable of??????
I'm so glad Americans are waking up, after being raped by the greedy sycophants of this country.
Movie Review: A Great Message and an Even Better Gift
Summary: 5 Stars
Al Gore did a fantastic job in articulating the consequences of global warming in An Inconvenient Truth. While providing a narrative explaining the risks of the human race's reliance on fossil fuel, he also offers stunning images showing concrete examples of the effects of global warming. Indeed, An Inconvenient Truth makes an excellent movie that the whole family can watch.
One misconception with this movie is that it is dense with facts and figures explaining scientific data. While there is substantive information contained in Gore's narration, a large collection images and interviews allow the viewer to quickly absorb the message. In these images, various ice formations from 50-70 years ago are juxtaposed with their current state. In total, they make for a compelling story alone.
What is missing from the story is a thorough explanation of the economics behind conservation and energy independence that any Republican would love. Energy independence and conservation offer a host of pure economic motives including improving overall industrial efficiency and promoting domestic agricultural resources. Likewise, investment in alternative technology will keep America in the forefront of the alternative energy market where it has been losing ground to Germany and Japan. This virtuous circle is not outlined in this movie, unfortunately.
An Inconvenient Truth serves its mission in explaining to the lay community the causes and consequences of Global Warming. Al Gore accomplishes this in telling interesting story with supporting evidence. Whether you are an environmentalist or merely hardcore republican concerned about energy security, spread the message by inviting friends and business colleague to watch the movie.
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The Economic Story that is missing:
*PURE ECONOMICS - HIGH ROI
Improved energy efficiency ultimately costs less (e.g. compact fluorescent light bulbs, diesel automobiles)
Provides higher performance (e.g. greater home insulation, improved windows)
*REDUCTION OF FOREIGN LEVERAGE ON UNITED STATES
Lessens vulnerability to foreign powers
Reduces US military presence in other countries
*MACROECONOMICS
Provides consumers with more spending power (e.g. less spent on electricity allows more spending at Wal-Mart)
Reduces peripheral waste (e.g. reduction of container packaging requires less waste hauling)
*DOMESTIC RESOURCE ULTILIZATION
Promotes domestic sources of energy (e.g. corn and soybeans)
Domestic production of wind power and solar systems
*INFRASTRUCTURE STABILITY
Distributed power fights disruption (e.g. solar panels provide local power - down power lines don't impact end user)
A broader range of energy sources combats reliance on a single source that can be disrupted
Fights spikes that cause blackouts (e.g. photovoltaic cells produce power during highest demand times)
Reduces strain on current infrastructure (e.g. reduces creation of more power lines, transformers)
Better use of land area (e.g. solar panels on roof require no additional land area)
*BETTER UTILIZATION OF HUMAN POWER
Walking, bicycling, using the stairs improves health and fights obesity
Pedal power and public transportation reduces congestions