Watched this documentary awhile back. Pretty informative for those who don’t know much about global warming. For me, it was just interesting at how extreme the climate’s gotten. Al Gore does a pretty good job presenting the information, but with most documentaries, it’s very one sided and doesn’t really tell enough of the other side, although I agree with most things he said.
Al Gore mentions about corporate responsibility and I see that as somewhat of a dilemma. The CEO of Timberland was interviewed on The Colbert Report awhile back and he was saying how a company could help make shareholders money AND be environmental friendly at the same time. Cobert of course replied with something like can’t you help make shareholders more money by not being as environmental friendly? And that’s just the truth. There’s no reason besides maybe ethical/moral obligation to be environmental friendly, not unless cost of being environmental unfriendly exceeds the cost of being friendly to it. We can wait around for people to buy products which are environmental friendly, but seeing how masses of people still shop at Walmart, most people are more money conscience, then moral conscience, and they probably won’t change their mind until they see undeniable proof which at that point would be probably too late.
Al Gore argues that the pollution that is released, the environmental damage that is caused, should not allowed without repercussion. The fact is the air and water that is polluted and the forests that are destroyed don’t just belong to the corporations. They belong to everyone. So tax the corporations that pollute based on how much pollution they produce and how much it’ll take to clean it up. At that point, their obligations to their shareholders may actually have to switch over to a more green process.
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IMDb: 8.3/10 (7,387 votes)
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MY RATING: 7/10
There’s really no spoilers for this movie.
An Inconvenient Truth really is a fascinating film, but I’m still astounded by the reaction to it. Now an energy company in Scotland is paying for thousands of schoolchildren to see it. Read more here