Open Thread - Academy Awards
by
Terra Rossa
February 26th, 2007
An Inconvenient Truth won big at the Academy Awards last night. Did it deserve it? Or was it a political statement?
Let’s hear our readers’ thoughts on Hollywood environmentalism… and the show in general.
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February 26th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
We seem to forget, these are actors. They aren’t paid for brain power, they’re paid to perform. They have every right to express their opinion, but giving them credence is our fault. Unfortunately, you can get any opinion, scientific or otherwise, you’re willing to pay for. Much of the information “paid for” in the movie is phony. Problem is, if you exaggerate or prevaricate long enough and loud enough, you’ll find people who will believe.
February 28th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
For eight years former VP Al Gore stood at the second most powerful pulpit in the world. During that period little progress was made in the fight against global warming and climate change.
Mr. Gore has made a movie about the threat of climate change that has grossed nearly $25,000,000. At $8.00 a ticket, that means that over 3,000,000 people got into their fossil fuel burning mini vans, cars or trucks and drove anywhere from 5 to 25 miles to learn about global warming.
Let’s say that everyone drove on the average 10 miles to get to their local Cineplex. That means” An Inconvenient Truth” produced 17,000 tons of CO2. I will go ahead and assume that everyone also drove back from the theater for a grand total of 34,000 tons of CO2. I know it may be a little lower because I have to assume that Ed Bagley Jr. drove his electric car.
And now, “An Inconvenient Truth” is an Academy Award-winning film. What does that mean, exactly? It means that thousands, maybe millions of Americans got into their fossil fuel-burning cars to go to their local Cineplex and see this film, so they could be more informed for their Oscar parties. It means that thousands more will make that drive now, to see what all that critical acclaim was about.
Imagine how much cleaner our earth would be if we were able to turn on our televisions and watch “An Inconvenient Truth on TV instead. Imagine how much cleaner our planet would be if people were this excited about the film winning receiving an Emmy.