I watched “an inconvenient truth” tonight
I watched an inconvenient truth tonight. I know, not exactly current events. Yet Al Gore’s message is not exactly current events. He’s been peddling his message for years now. So I watched the DVD and I learned a couple of things. I learned how voraciously past administrations have fought to down play global warming. I learned even more about how closely the oil companies are tied to the Bush dynasty. More so than I had even previously been aware of. I think that if Al Gore could have been presented himself in 2000 as he did in this movie, I might have considered him for president. I visited climatecrisis.net and saw a painful truth; people who are 100% on board with global warming don’t really have answers to the tough questions. I can change every light bulb in my house. I can set my thermostat +2 -2 and even buy an electronic thermostat. But each time I hit the highway for whatever reason I see the real problem. I make more greenhouse gases by driving than I do living in my house. Sure I can cut back on some trips, but I have to work to pay bills. The reality is that if I don’t make the greenhouse gases my family will be living in the street. Albeit making much less of a carbon footprint. I wish I knew the answers. I wish the rhetoric was easier to sift through. Gore thinks we are killing our planet. I wish I knew.