An Inconvenient Truth @ MindSay

I gotta say: props to Al. He really researched his stuff: ice caps melting, cities submerged, and stronger storms. Yeah.

He did add humor in places: a scene from Futurama, a show that Matt Groening (The Simpsons) made, was added into it:



I already knew about the whole global warming deal, but it doesn't take much to realize it's happening if you've lived in Michigan for the last 7-10 years at least. It's in the mid 50's right now and it's the end of December. Two years ago I was freezing walking outside. Now it's nice enough for a walk...

Of course, Al showed me how bad it could get. Here are some hilights:

1. These past few years have been the hottest no just for the US, but everywhere. India had a city at 122 degrees in 2005. Pakistan beat them this year with 125 degrees. It will keep getting hotter.
   
2. Water levels world wide will rise 20 feet.
   
3. Permafrost ("perma-", permanent) climates are melting. The soil is rapidly thawing; something that isn't supposed to happen at this speed naturally .
4. Forest fires are getting worse and more frequent.
   
5. Hurricanes, Tsunami's, and Cyclones (the same thing in different oceans) are growing stronger.
   
6. Oceans will become acidic. Yeah acid. Take-a-dip-and-you'll-get-burned acid.
7. We can still do something about it, we have the tech, but our politicians are scared of change.

So in conclusion, it was a great movie (for a documentary). Happy Holidays people!

I watched An Inconvenient Truth yesterday… and god… it scared the crap out of me. These are just some pictures from the movie.

(receding glacier)
 

an inconvenient truth. and it really is. i saw it for the first time tonight at a school screening. amazing. many parts of it were so moving that i almost cried several times. and i'm generally not a crier at movies. right now, i feel as if i can do so much to help alleviate global warming and right now, i really want to do everything i can. i just hope this feeling stays with me. i'm not going to preach to you all, i just strongly recommend that you see it.

I saw An Inconvenient truth last night.

 

I think you should see it too. It wasn't overly peachy or sentimental. I didn't walk away feeling helpless.

 

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I just got back from seeing it. Details on the trip there and back aside, it was a little slow, but definately interesting. I have to be honest that there wasn't much in it that i didn't already know except that the green house gasses are thickening the atmosphere and that's what's keeping the heat in. That's the only part I really didn't know about or understand before. It was helpful, though, to see the graphs and things because i am a very visual person. Seeing what SF is going to look like if half of Greenland and half of or all of the western shelf of Antartica go is what really got to me. then again, i'm from the south SF bay area and there are a lot of things in SF that i hold dear and that people I care about hold dear. There were a couple of points in the movie where there were odd segways into different points. It would seem it was going off on a random tangent only to end up semi-relevant, and during the first couple minutes of the movie Al Gore is portrayed almost like a rock star than a (ex) politician struggling to fight global warming. Other than that, if you know nothing about global warming, know a little, or think you know everything i'd still suggest seeing this. I'm glad that I did. Fuck, even if you don't believe global warming exists you should still see this movie in the same way you should still see Loose Change even if you think there's no way the government was involved in 9/11. I will admit, though, that as much as I hate Bush and his god-forsaken administration, there were a couple comments Gore made that i thought were a little out of place, but its true that they're more about profits for those polluting than they are for really making a better country, or even making a better global community. And Gore is also apparently a mac user, grrr. Fuck apple and their over priced ipods that you pretty much have to buy if you're technology retarded like i am and don't know wtf it means when people tell you that iTunes converts your music and that's all they'll tell you but no one will actually bother to explain it to you. anyway, during the credits there were also tips for ways to help reduce your various emissions and pollutants, but i didn't stay through all of the credits.

 

This movie definately made me angry, but at the same time, part of me wishes that i didn't care. Stupid conscience. I think its a good thing that I do, but still I do wish i could let this and all other worries in my life, whether they be personal or related to current events, melt away so i could just have fun and enjoy life. oh well.