An Inconvenient Truth

[miriam_e]

I just finished watching Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. It is an excellent piece of work. It is careful, considered, and neatly lays bare the information needed to understand what big media have done such a reprehensible job of clouding. I implore everyone to watch it.

I notice there has been a piece of crap circulating about Al Gore's mansion using far more electricity than the average house. Most people seem to simply pass it on without looking at it any further.

Who is the group who made these statements about Al Gore's house? Not surprisingly they are an extreme right wing think tank who seem intent on mounting a smear campaign. They said they got the electricity figures from Gore's electricity supplier, but when asked about this, it seems nobody ever approached them asking for such information. Al Gore's place uses renewable sources of energy with solar panels being fitted and buying from renewable sources on the grid. Al Gore also invests heavily in carbon offsets and alternative energy so that he has a net carbon impact of zero.

So when you hear someone unthinkingly echo the accusations, now you know well enough to tell them to go back and find out the whole story. It is easy to be duped by gossip.

Comments

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Ever since I was a little kid Sweden has been one of the very few places in the world I have wanted to visit. It amazes me that there has been a concerted campaign to discredit Sweden in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and UK. Sweden has got it right more consistently and for longer than any other country on Earth. Australia, UK, and USA are an embarrassment to the rest of the advanced countries.

I've been reading mostly scientific literature since I was a primary school kid, and I avoid big media because of the way they lie and distort, so Al Gore's message was nothing new to me either. It scares me that it is new to a large number of people.