That was a nice article. I'm glad Al is able to get his science right when it's an issue that helps the Democrats politically.

The story about marijuana killing breast cancer cells could also be titled "An Inconvenient Truth" but alas -- nobody in American politics or journalism is interested in "getting the science right" on that particular issue right now.

At least they're getting THIS science right. So I suppose that's a start.

"Helps the Democrats politically"?

Hey Patricia, I'm Canadian, so I'm less interested in what helps the Democrats politically than I am in leaving a habitable world for my children and future grandchildren.

Even if Global Warming is an alarmist proposition, isn't attempting to reduce the amount of pollutants in our atmosphere a worthy goal in itself?

I'm ashamed of Canadian inaction on conservation and pollution reduction, but --the (inconvenient) truth is-- the Canadian effort doesn't matter much in the face of the US dumping 25% of the world's greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

That's okay with me. It'll make the choir sing louder and maybe someone outside the church will hear.

Go, Al!!

the Canadian effort doesn't matter much in the face of the US dumping 25% of the world's greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

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The US doesn't dump 25% of the World's greenhouse gases, the US dumps about 25% of Gross Manmade greenhouse gases, and that's a huge difference, since manmade gasses make up less than 1% of the total greenhouse gasses released.

Also, because of the amount of plant life in the US, we take in more CO2 than a comparable amount of land in Canada.

The problem with how global warming is present is that humans make up a very small part of the picture. It could very possibly be true that this small part is enough to tip the balance, but it's also a fact that even if all human released CO2 was eliminated that 99% of released CO2 would still exist.

We should try and reduce CO2 emmissions, we should try to reduce the amount of Net CO2 by planting fast growing plant material, but most of all we should prepare because global warming is coming, it's just argument over the degree.

It's that last sentence. That rotted compost and dead dinosaurs comprise the several trillion pounds of oil and methane in the earth's crust still has not been proven. In fact it's wild conjecture.

Were the tar pits and trillions of pounds of methane found on Titan last year, orbiting around Saturn, the remains of dinosaurs and plant life too?

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.

Boy,oh boy, They got to talk, being the Dr Goebbels of the USA in the 21st century. Dr Josef would be proud of them, they can lie just as well as he could, sharing the same radical ideology. Sieg Heil!

Further to my previous comment, Exxon sponsored groups did not show the president avicade flying across the US, Airforce One Limousine and Helicopter transport plane, fighter escort etc. flying almost weekly if not daily from Washington and back, Lauras trips not counted, plus those of the straight shooter, Condys and Rummys etc. Exxon loves them, they dont talk about Global Warming. Therefore no cartoons.

that Gore is somehow inconsistent for flying around the world delivering his message -- given the CO2 his travels produce -- deserves a more substantial rebuttal. I mean, what is he supposed to do -- sit alone in his house with the lights off and only speak about the issue to his friends and family? Of course if Gore was playing by those rules, the Oil Conglomerate would have nothing to fear now would they. We can't live in a perfect world, but we can live in a better one. And if you compare Gore flying around the world delivering his message to Gore not flying around delivering his message, I think it highly likely that the first scenario will more likley lead to lower co2 emisions than the second.

"Also, because of the amount of plant life in the US, we take in more CO2 than a comparable amount of land in Canada."

Could you back that up, please, Xanthro?

Are you simply unaware of the huge amount of plant life in Canada?

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Anyone else drop their jaws at the study in the film showing that out of more than 900 peer reviewed journals, none disagreed with the science of global warming--but that out of over 600 popular science articles written during the same period, over 50% were skeptical with the science?

but kudzu is a Japanese import, not a European one.

http://www.alabamatv.org/kudzu/

I saw the movie last night with several friends and even though Al Gore seems to really make a good point I still felt in the end like it wouldn't be a very good idea for the government to take responsiblility for the weather. I don't think they have done a very good job with anything else they have taken responsibility for, especially when it comes to the environment or the Environmental Protection Agency. Could you imagine if the government took the lead on this issue? Whenever it was hot people would gripe that the government was somehow to blame.