I have just watched An Inconvenient Truth less than 30 minutes ago, and I have to say that its one of the biggest eye openers I have ever experienced.

I may have been aware of the global warming message (and the ozone layer depletion) issue for a very long time now (easily 20 years ago), and I'm one of those that have never really stood up to take preventive action. I simply couldn't care less considering the fact that my family, my friends, and my own country's government didn't really give a damn about it.

But things have got to start somewhere, and I intend to do it soon. I'm older, wiser now, and with a bigger circle of influence. We have recycling plants now we did not have 20 years ago. We have energy saving appliances now that we did not have back then. We have renewable sources of energy now that once did not exist / were not available. I hope I can do my part, and I hope you guys can too.

To all those skeptics out there, WATCH THE MOVIE - then decide for yourself.

To all those who are reading this. WATCH THE MOVIE ANYWAY.

Al Gore should have won the presidency and not stupid monkey Bush.

Not true.. at least not the garbage collector in my area..

My garbage collectors actually have separate compartments/bags hanging by its side for different categories of rubbish (for those that do segregate). They collect aluminium cans, paper, plastic and glass instead of dumping them into the compactor. They do make some spare change from selling those items off.

If yours doesn't then consider finding a nearby recycling bin to drop your items off (weekly basis perhaps), or searching for a community project that helps, or sending it straight to the factory (theres one near Old Town PJ).

As to where to watch it, its probably coming to our cinemas soon. If you can't find it on torrent, I really recommend that you buy a pirated version which I'm sure you can find anywhere. It was stated in the credits "Get as many people to watch this movie" after all.

It's not the glaciers and ice cubes I'm worried about. It's the advent of a new ice age, the changing extreme weather patterns, the floodings that will occur, and the destruction of the global ecosystem.

Would one rather watch a slideshow or a movie It did have enough emotional resonance for it to win an Academy award after all hehe.

True, but the amount is minimal and is not what's causing the staggering statistics shown in the movie.

This post has been edited by vertigofoo: Mar 12 2007, 02:00 AM

This is very interesting.. coming from a moderator.

It's true that facts have been manipulated in Al Gore's documentary for political reasons.

But can't people actually put 1+1 together?

Can you actually deny that the population boom in the last 50 years will not have any profound effect on the environment?

That major deforestation around the world will not affect our climate in any way? That the constant manufacture of automobiles, and the burning of fossil fuels have no negative impact whatsoever?

That no matter the reasons, politically motivated or not, we should still strive to cut down on environmental pollution and exploitation?

That if this continues, global warming or not, we might just end up creating a world with no self sustaining ecosystem / atmosphere in the future?

You mentioned that there are no scientific facts to back up the temperature charts since the 1980's. (I would like a scientific citation here really.. not youtube stuff) Even as if it may be, our CO2 charts ARE off the scale. There IS A REASON why so many nations signed the Kyoto protocol. There is A REASON why more than 99% of REAL scientists (not those bought over by the media, or looking to make a name for themselves) believe in the global warming scenario.

Or are we just so naturally inclined to take the 'self denial' route, so that we feel blissfully ignorant, and thus have no need to take responsibility or do anything about it whatsoever.

Typical.