Randall wrote: > Terry, >BIG SNIP > But, I suppose the important and "inconvenient truth" in this matter is that > Al is a politician--period. Actions speak MUCH MUCH louder than words..
Nonsense, they most certainly do not. End of the day, there are hundreds of thousands of folks walking the talk. Millions perhaps if you look at it world wide. Walking the talk in this particular arena, *almost* by definition translates into having very little if *any* political power. Gore's documentary wasn't news to me. I already knew all the back story, and I thought his presentation of the science was a soft sell. And I nearly fell asleep during the 'human interest' bits. Nearly everyone I've exposed to it, has complained that Gore's use of the word "I" was way too heavy. The science he presented, has all been presented before, in many arenas, in many ways, by many folks. Some of whom ride bikes to work, and all that stuff. But until Al took the show on the road, who heard it? Folks who were directly interested. Al has broadened the audience, very much so. In the year since documentary was released, I personally (from this US centric view) have been just flat out stunned by the shift in the dialog. Fact is, Al Gore (whom I used to refer to as the Manchurian Candidate) was *almost* president of the US. Some say he in fact was elected to the office. This I will not debate, because there really is no point. However, you don't get to be president by living a low impact life. There are a number of brilliant folks living low impact lifestyles out there, some of which would no doubt be up to the task of directing the show here in the US. However, we'll not hear from them, because they are busy. Busy living low impact lives. It is a lot of effort, as any of us who are expending effort in this direction know quite well. As to his energy holdings, make note of the sad fact that money is fungible. Folks who hold interest in diversified funds, all hold bits and pieces of energy companies. Some more than others. The more you are vested, the more influence you have. If you have no influence, then who cares what you think? _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
