Al Gore's film "Inconvenient Truth" is good at telling people that there is a problem. This is very important because many simply don't know. But the solutions proposed are simply ridiculous. The solutions are like the advice to duck behind your desk if there is a nuclear attack. Well, no wonder, it's difficult to do something about Global Warming if you are aspiring to a job, president of the United States, which depends on it that you don't do anything about Global Warming.
Had Gore been serious about Global Warming he would have told people that one of the first policy measures the US government must take it to drastically raise the gasoline taxes. Not only does the US government not do anything about global warming, it even uses taxpayers money to subsidize many practices which further global warming. Had he been serious about Global Warming he would have told people to organize. He would have used the movie as an organizing tool, perhaps offering the DVD for house parties, or selling T-shirts which say: talk to me about global warming, or giving movie goers a chance to give their feedback on his web site. I am going to watch the movie again with some friends and acquaintances, and afterwards we will have a discussion about it. What should be said in this discussion? Hans G. Ehrbar
