Al Gore still not running, wins Nobel Prize - Page 3

Originally Posted by yt

I haven't seen Energy War but will put it on my list. Have you seen The 11th Hour? It names names. It's not fluff. It's a very serious dissection of the problems of global warming, pollution, deforestation, overfishing, etc., etc. And has on-camera thinkers and designers talking about how to fix it. The pieces are all waiting to be picked up. The SOLE roadblock, as you know, is the political might of The Corporations (oh no she didn't!).

And Martin Savage, you're completely right about starting at home. Every single one of us needs to do the same thing.

Let me just clarify: I don't consider Gore Christ-like. But what we're seeing is fear and spinelessness from elected leaders who are afraid for their political futures. We need someone who doesn't give two sh*ts about his political future but wants to roll up his sleeves and do the unpleasant and unpopular work of putting Big Industry on notice. Feinberg isn't running for office. Kucinich doesn't stand a chance. And I don't see any one of the "leading" candidates (with the possible exception of Edwards) being even remotely interested in rocking the boat.

Gore has nothing to lose. That's why I believe he is The One!

Originally Posted by The Prankster

Eenin, if I understand your argument correctly, you're saying that ending poverty will end carbon emissions and pollution because rich people don't pollute. That's what you said in the other thread. Have I misunderstood? Because if that is what you're saying, I don't see the basis for that argument at all. The two biggest carbon-emitting nations are the US, which obviously is one of the richest nations on Earth, and China, whose economy is, obviously, a freight train. This kind of smacks of the "free market will solve all our problems somehow" magical thinking that's become far too common.