AD,



I don't know if you were trying to be provocative or facetious or what, but I'll take this the way I read it and say yes, of course I know of the history of droughts in Australia.

But did you know this drought is said to be the worst in a thousand years. This drought is decimating our farm lands like never before. This drought is killing off the Murray-Darling river system in Eastern Australia, which supplies most of the water to our food bowl. The link Here is to one of many articles on this drought I found online.

Gid,

There are plenty of hypocrits in the world and most of them would probably be involved in politics. I'm am not denying Gore may have other motives for doing what he is doing, but the fact that the message got out and in the faces of folk who might not have otherwise taken notice is a good thing, as far as I'm concerned. If Ralph Nader had done 'An Inconvenient Truth' I would be saying the exact same thing about him. Simply, I'm not supporting the man but the message.

First, my point is that this isn't the first time we've had famine in the world nor droughts and it won't be the last. In the 80's here in the states they were screaming global cooling!

Second, just because you are experiencing drought in a regional area doesn't mean it's global. Texas for example has been flooding off and on since June of this year hitting record amounts of rain. The upper NW of the US are seeing higher than normal amounts of rain as well. Weather patterns shift but not due to GW. That's all. We don't understand the effects of Tsunami's and the ocean currents and their effects on the rest of weather patterns to even begin to promote such things as GW. That's all.

BTW, I'm not trying to be insensitive to your drought as that is a major bummer.

AD,

You don't believe the shifting weather patterns are cause by global warming whereas I do. While there is plenty of argument about whether this is man made or not (and by the way, whether it is or isn't is a moot point in my opinion) I think the issue should be about what we can do to help stall it, to help those who are suffering because of it and to make sure we do everything we can to protect this planet's delicate ecology. I certainly believe it should not be treated as a political issue, which is what is happening at the moment.

Tangent time again. I dont agree with 99% of what Nader stands for. He has been around for as long as I have walked or crawled on this earth doing what he is doing today. And making an impact. He came to fame with "Unsafe At Any Speed" that got the Corvair discontinued due to design flaws. He is tilting at windmills often, but he is HONEST in his zeal to go after the ills he perceives and notes.

That is why he would NEVER have made "An Inconvenient Truth". He does not make up issues to gain fame on, he sees enough real ones that need to be addressed and corrected.

Today some of us celebrate Gore's award, based on a lie as it is. IN 20 years, when his doomsday scenario has been shown to be nothing but a political power grab and unnecessary hype, he will be another Rachel Carson - blamed for the deaths of millions due to an agenda passed off as a scientific study.

And in that time, he will end up doing more harm than good to the Green Movement (forget GW for now). Because like the villagers in the "Little boy who cried wolf", he will wind up making more cynics than actually effecting any change.

Celebrate him now. But your children (generic usage here) will be cursing his name for the damage he is doing.

I understand Dynamaso, but what we are saying is that BECAUSE of the politically charged agenda that makes it harder to believe. You have Al Gore who is ranting that the earth has a fever yet (at that moment) he used more energy than the average person.

I am thankful that we do have environmental movements out there. I recently went to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan where they do not have emission laws. I have a renewed appreciation for those inconvenient laws.

As a result I think we SHOULD be conscious about the earth and the environment we live in. We have water being contaminated because of herbicides and pesticides. There are issues like the one I just mentioned that are CLEARLY linked to man's doings. How come we don't hear about that?

AD,



Good question and a good point too. I guess there is only so much we can focus on and do something about. While I agree something should be done about contaminates in water supplies, the changing climate is obviously the superstar issue and hogs all the attention.

Contamination of water supplies is global warming's bassist. Yeah, some people know about it, but global warming is the lead singer. And lead singers are egomaniacs.