I went to see Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth the weekend before last and it was excellent. Having watched his presentation on YouTube a few months ago, it was good to see it on the big screen and be able to read more of the statistics he presents. The movie left me wondering how much better shape the world would currently be in had the US Supreme Court not overturned the will of the people, shunting Gore out of office and the current fuckwit in. Gore is smart and determined, and you can see that he can grasp the nuances of a position, and not devolve everything into some bullshit us vs them, simpleton argument.

Gore recently gave a speech to New York University’s Law School in which he outlined potential areas where rapid change could be made, allowing the U.S. to take a lead in reducing emissions, such as, amongst others, moving towards a decentralised electricity grid and aiding GM & Ford, both of whom are dead in the water, to switch to manufacturing electric and hybrid cars.

He also uses the following line:

It is, in other words, time for a national oil change. That is apparent to anyone who has looked at our national dipstick.

We’ve been looking at their national dipstick for the last five years and are desperately waiting for them to vote the fuckwit out of office! ;-)