Dirk L'Orange is Writing...

Synopsis: It is a documentary about the global warming crisis as told by Al Gore, through his lecture series on the topic, with scenes interspersed throughout that explain how and why he feels so passionately about this subject.

It is, without a doubt, a very compelling documentary. The scientific data that is presented is staggering. And it is presented by Al Gore in an easy to understand format. Perhaps, the most important part of the movie is when Gore states, "We already have the technology to solve the problem." Along with this very scary information is a message of hope and of change.

I came away from the movie with the feeling that the biggest obstacle we are facing in the global warming crisis is a lack of urgency and interest. Mrs. Pool of Sick stated, very succinctly afterward, "People suck." I have to say that I concur. Case in point, we have friends that are not going to see this movie because they're "just not interested." It is that lack of intellectual curiousity, indeed that apathy and fear of being taken out of their comfort zone and exercising their minds that keeps us moving down the path we're on. And it is that attitude among people in general -- probably the same attitude that makes American Idol is so popular -- that really gets under my skin.

Everyone should see this movie. And everyone should take some time and think about how they can change their own habits to help ease the problem. You can go to ClimateCrisis.net and just take a look to see if there are even little things that you can do in your daily lives that will lower your CO₂ footprint. Things like, changing your incandescent light bulbs to fluorescent light bulb or change your power provider all together to one that promotes renewable and/or clean energy sources. Gore points out, that a lot of little changes by everyone, can add up to big changes in the overall picture and if we act soon enough, we can start reversing the trend.

[UPDATE] 2006-06-14 10:40:00 - It seems I stepped on some toes with some of the comments I made regarding the movie. I mentioned some friends that weren't interested in seeing this movie... and it was juxtaposed with Mrs. PoS' comment that "people suck" along with an example of friends of ours who just didn't care to see the movie... This was poorly worded.... The Mrs. PoS comment was completely independent... my point in talking about our friends was in personalizing the apathy involved in this issue and in learning about the topic in general. That said, my apology goes to the offended parties (you know who you are).