Thursday, June 08, 2006

An Inconvenient Truth

I think that history will remember Al Gore as a person that identified, then promoted, the era-defining Ideas of our time.

He helped make the internet happen.

Now, he wants to invigorate the people to do something about global warming while there is yet time to do something about it.

In this BBC interview he compares the changes needed to halt global warming to the changes needed to halt ozone-layer depletion. Can anyone honestly say, looking back on it now, that their life was made intolerable by the removal of Cloro-Floro-Carbons (CFCs) from their hairspray?

Let's revive America's can-do spirit

I think that Al Gore rightly points out that we would be so much better off today if president Bush had said, after invading Afghanistan, "Let's kick the oil habit".

It is high time to usher in a new era.

To that end, here is a very painless first-step you can take:

Compact fluorescent Bulbs

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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"

Charles Darwin