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Saturday, June 10, 2006 12:00 AM

Did Al get the science right?

The usual oil industry flacks and dogmatic skeptics have surfaced to denounce Al Gore's global warming movie. But climate scientists say that, basically, he got it right.

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  • Friday, June 9, 2006 10:17 PM

    I *just* saw the film

    I'm in Minneapolis for a little bit, and I just saw this film. I was lucky to see it here on opening night, as the theater was packed. I was very impressed with his presentation and his reflection on his life and his passion. I hope that this gets more and more widespread distribution and encourages people to TAKE ACTION. This film learned a lot from the failings of Fahrenheit 9/11, where there was no guidance at the end of the film. The website www.climatecrisis.net was displayed all through the credits, and they interjected action items that individual people can do throughout the credits. There were also flyers available on tables in the lobby.

    The science was presented in a clear, concise and interesting manner. I'm a lay person, but interested in science and got an A+ in honors chemistry a *long* time ago and this held my interest. I think we need to stop talking about if this is true or not or to what degree this is happening and TAKE ACTION now to do what we can do as individuals and make our politicians do what they have to do or get new ones. There is hope, but only if we act together and soon.

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