The Inconvenient Truth.

Last night, I went to the Mayan Theater in Downtown Denver to see Former Vice-President Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth". It was an excellent film. I have always considered myself environmental. I feel that for all practical reasons we need to move ourselves to more renewable sources of energy. Ones that are not harmful to the environment. But the science that Mr. Gore goes into to explain Global warming is both interesting and disturbing. Sadly, I can notice some of the effects. There is a part of me that wonders if the summers are really getting hotter or is it just my imagination. In the film Mr. Gore stated that the 10 hottest years have occurred from 1990 onwards. 2005 was the hottest one yet. It is disturbing as I have noticed the fact that we have had many more days during the late spring and summer that were over 90 degrees and over 100 degrees. In Colorado, the better part of the last 2 or 3 weeks have seen days with highs over 90 degrees. A lot of the science surrounding the development of Hurricaine Katrina and many of the other hurricaines that have hit the United States in 2004 and 2005 have to do with global warming, such as the warmer air and water increasing the wind velocity of the hurricaines. It is very frightening to think about the situation that we are in. We have people that outright dismiss Global Warming as almost an "old wive's tale" if you will. They say that the Al Gore is not necessarily accurate when it comes to Global Warming. Scientists have stated that Gore got it right. Check this Daily Kos thread here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/6/10/132852/393


What concerns me is that not just Mr. Gore, but other people have been talking about Global Warming and other environmental issues for a very long time. President Jimmy Carter warned us of the dangers of petroleum. Partly spurred by the 1979 Gas Crisis, he even tried to start moving the US to renewable energy. He put solar panels on the White house. They got taken down when Reagan took office. It is sad. There was so much hope 30 years ago. There still is now. I fear that if we don't act on it soon it WILL be too late. Although Mr. Gore said that we have time. That gives me a little releif. However people are still dying and getting sick from diseases related to radiation. There is an article about Denver's streets being paved with radium. With that they talk about making Adams County Colorado into a potential dumping ground. http://www.soapblox.net/colorado/showDiary.do?diaryId=1655


People live there. They would be affected by this mess. I have been listening to a song in my car that says it all perfectly:

Gary Moore Victims Of The Future

Searching each day for the answers, watching our hopes disappear. Set on a course for disaster, living our lives in fear. Our leaders leave us in confusion. For them there's only one solution. Caught in the fight for survival, trapped with our backs to the wall. Are we just lambs to the slaughter, who wait for the axe to fall? Our world is headed for destruction. Our fate is in the hands of fools. Shadows of the past, victims of the future. How long will it last? Victims of the future? Into the verbal arena, armed with the lies that they tell. They're fighting for world domination, backed by the weapons of hell. Is there no end to all this madness? Is there no hope for us at all? Shadows of the past, victims of the future. How long will it last? Victims of the future. Shadows of the past, victims of the future. How long will it last? Victims of the future. Yeah. Shadows of the past, victims of the future. How long will it last? Victims of the future. Shadows of the past, victims of the future. How long will it last? Victims of the future. Victims of the future. Victims of the future. Victims of the future. Victims of the future. Yeah.

That was Gary Moore, Victims of the Future. It doesn't have to be this way. There is still hope and time. But we need to act soon. As for Al Gore, thank you very much for a great documentary. If you decide to run for President again in 2008 I'll pull for you. Just be like you were in this documentary. Be passionate and funny and you can take your rightful place.