one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
March 18 2007
Maybe Belgian ministers could get off the seats of their carbon-spewing monsters and actually do something for the environment instead of worrying about photo ops with Al Gore?
March 09 2007
Belgian defense minister flies in an army helicopter to see Al Gore’s film. Can it get more surreal? (thanks Xavier)
February 28 2007
Belgian minister for Energy Marc Verwilghen has just got himself a giant gas-guzzling Audi Q7 (pdf) that emits between 282 to 326 grammes of CO2 per km. Meanwhile, Europe is trying to get emissions down to 120g/km, nice example from above. Oh yeah, and Al Gore has the electricity bill of a small village.
January 31 2007
I don’t know what to say. Some people scare me.
December 19 2006
Al Gore caught red-handed.
November 28 2006
The American science teachers’ association has refused free copies of the film An inconvenient truth for classroom viewing as it may conflict with some of their financial supporters. One of them being Exxon.
update: and a well-deserved worst person in the world award.
November 20 2006
Things to watch
Internet documentary madness: Al Gore’s An inconvenient truth, the very interesting The Corporation, and Outfoxed, a critical look at Ruport Murdoch’s Fox News. All viewable online, enjoy them before they get pulled down.
September 22 2006
Al Gore will be present in Brussels on October 8th to introduce his film: An inconvenient truth.
August 04 2006
Truly amazing: the oil industry pays for dumb/boring viral video smearing Al Gore. They must feel extremely threatened.
July 10 2006
Al Gore in Rolling Stone“We have more than enough oil, not to mention coal, to completely destroy the habitability of the planet. The real constraint on oil and coal is not supply, but global warming.”
July 04 2006
An inconvenient truth
The climate is changing radically, affecting our future, and we are the cause. This is no longer debatable: the film shows how 100% of peer-reviewed academic papers support this fact while 53% of mainstream media stories express doubt, lobbies are powerful things. Al Gore puts the scientific facts into an eloquent, entertaining and clearly understandable narrative without ever getting overtly alarmist or bleak. According to Gore, we have 10 years to turn things around. In that case, this film should be mandatory viewing, especially if you have children. Hopefully, it won't just be preaching to the converted; if you're a doubter or have a friend who is, I dare you to see this and come out unaffected. [link]
June 26 2006
A terrifying message from Al Gore (and Bender)