After trying hard to restrain myself from watching the documentary till I read the book, An Inconvenient Truth, I finally gave up. I saw the movie recently and I should say I'm impressed with it. Now that I did not do so much research in the field of Global Warming, I have to take the information provided by Mr. would have been President on his face value. Assuming all the information provided by him is accurate, it scares the hell out of me to imagine what the world would be like in a couple of decades (or sooner?) if our attitude towards the mother nature does not change.
Having said that, I could not help but notice the following inconvenient truth.
1. Through out the movie, the Sr. Bush administration and the dubya administration have been blamed for not acting on the issue. I wonder where the Clinton administration went. That was an impressive 8 year jump made by the, "I invented the Internet", guy.
2. Having mentioned that every individual's contribution is essential and makes a difference does not seem to consider himself as an individual. Why am I saying this? Have you observed the guy driving an SUV in the movie? Well, I did! Also I would be foolish to believe that he pays attention to energy conservation with regards to the amount of gas and electricity his houses consume. Now don't tell me he is breeding solar panels in his backyard or that there is a windmill on his rooftop.
Sniffing on the Internet for some statistics regarding his lifestyle, I gathered the following information.
He has a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville, a 4,000-square-foot home in Arlington, Va and a third home in Carthage, Tenn http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-09-gore-green_x.htm.
His Nashville home alone devoured an incredible 221,000 kilowatt-hours in 2006 putting his utilities bill at a modest $30,000 http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=nation_world&id=5072659.
This is all bullshit since it is not from reliable sources. Right? Not really. It may not be accurate but I think it is close enough.
OK! Enough of blaming the poor guy. He is just trying to help the humanity. But I can't stop here as still there is something quite important (at least according to me) that I want to share. Let us try throwing light on this subject from a couple of different angles.
1. The statistics, those impressive view graphs with all those peaks and valleys in the movie pop out of an equation that Al Gore put together. When I say equation I don't really mean a mathematical equation. Rather a logical one. I mean, he took into consideration only a few things that he thought are causing this problem. How do I know if there are a million other factors missing from here? To give an example, what if the Sun is actually behaving funny with its mighty rays and that is in fact causing this problem? Scientists may figure this out after 20 years from now while we keep mudslinging. How did the previous ice age occur? There were no gas guzzlers or atomic fuel plants then.
2. Another perspective. May be the only factor is population? If we control the population, the demand for everything the greedy man wants will go down right? Don't you think that itself should impact every other negative element in Mr. Gore's equation? Say, like the need for cars, electricity at home, cutting down trees for houses etc.?
Dear liberals, if you are still reading (still haven't ripped your computer screen, or thrashed the keyboard), I want to make one thing clear. I'm not anti-democrat and absolutely not pro republican. This blog is not for a political debate. It is more of a logical and common sensical thing. Well... I'm an engineer and hence, obviously, cursed with the disease, logico-mania.Labels: al gore, an inconvenient truth, global warming, green house gases, melting ice caps, nobel peace prize, pollution |
