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A Call to Action that Answers the Questions Posed by the Grammy Award-Winning An Inconvenient Truth
It is now abundantly clear that we have at our fingertips all of the tools we need to solve the climate crisis. The only missing ingredient is collective will.
Properly understood, the climate crisis is an unparalleled opportunity to finally and effectively address many persistent causes of suffering and misery that have long been neglected, and to transform the prospects of future generations, giving them a chance to live healthier, more prosperous lives as they continue their pursuit of happiness.
Our Choice gathers in one place all of the most effective solutions that are available now and that, together, will solve this crisis. It is meant to depoliticize the issue as much as possible and inspire readers to take action not only on an individual basis, but as participants in the political processes by which every country, and the world as a whole, makes the choice that now confronts us.
There is an old African proverb that says, "If you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." We have to go far, quickly.
We can solve the climate crisis. It will be hard, to be sure, but if we can make the choice to solve it, I have no doubt whatsoever that we can and will succeed.
AL GORE, from the introduction
Al Gore was inaugurated as the 45th vice president of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served for eight years. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, and The Assault on Reason and was featured in an Academy Award-winning documentary. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
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November 23, 2009: There is an imaginary line in older National Geographics maps showing a line running East to West in Canada where above that line the ground is frozen to about 4 feet deep, so called frost line. I have been traveling to Northern Quebec and Northen Ontario each year since 1965. This imaginary line has moved North about 200 miles, so I don't think anybody needs to prove to me if there is or there is not Global Warming. Where there used to be tundra vegetation, like grasss and occasional small bushes now it is covered with new young trees. The perma frost has melted away so the trees can take root.
Mr. Gores books specially the latest one Our Choice, is exactly what it says. It is our choice to decide what we want, nobody is holding a gun at our head to do it. Although for some time he was unable to speak up when he was the Vice President, because he was shut out from deal making politics and an avid contender to Clinton doctrine, he still had the guts to come out with the Truth and had the means and the financing to bring this awaful facts to everyday Joe and Jane's attention. It is easy for anyone, either informed or uninformed, either careless or careful of personal gains to criticize his works, but the final judgement is resting upon us all, not on him, not just Americans but the World poplation. So we are left with a delima, do we say we don't care and its the next generations problem and milk the planet for all she has? or be more careful and make this bounty last longer for everyone's sake?It has been somewhere around 6 years that people are trying to do something about this in their own little way. There is hope, since many European countries including Canadian cities have banned plastic shopping bags. Canada has banned insectesides, herbasides and othet chemicals which may polute the ground water.Did you know that it costs you about $ 1,200 during the life of your car to haul around your 60 pound car battery? which also contains lead and acid?Did you know that about 82,000 Tons, that is about 180 Million pounds of fish is being killed by Acid rain generated by American cars each year?That is why you pay more that $ 4.00 per pound for fish instead of $0.73 a pound.So the man is trying to tell us that we will benefit from cleaner Earth and it will not cost us any money, we will make money doing it. Why is it that truth is so hard to accept. Are we all 16 years olds and we know better? and won't take advise?I wish someday Mr. Gore will stand up and Talk to us, not talk at us, in our daily everyday English. His approach has been to make sence to the The Big Bussines, the Government, the Scientists, but I think if he starts writing and speaking English, he will have more support from everyone and can bring Change more rapidy. People need to hear it in their own language, so maybe the message can be translated in many ethnic languages to be listened to here and abroad.Reader Rating:
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November 15, 2009: Al Gore uses junk science to further line his pockets.
The Club of Rome published a report titled "The First Global Revolution" in which they wrote "In Searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of Global Warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill"There's more research you can do on the global warming lie at www.somethingmustbreak.net/id26.htmlI Also Recommend: A New Earth, A Short History of Nearly Everything, How the World Really Works.