Graeme J W Smith M.R.I.N.

A Scot's eye view from the USA.

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Name:Graeme J W Smith
Location:Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Ex-Glasgow, Scotland I moved to the USA in 1996 and am now a naturalized American. I have a consulting business which advises small to medium sized businesses about the best use they can make of IT.

In a past life I have been a youth worker, Tall Ship Captain and I also worked in the yacht building industry in the UK and USA.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

An Inconvenient Truth

Otherwise known as "The Al Gore Movie". Let's be real clear if you are coming at this with preconceived notions. This is NOT a Republican bashing movie by an embittered nearly "next president of the United States". This is simply Al Gore seeking another outlet for a message that he clearly believes in with a passion. A message that is being ignored at too many levels in the USA.

Image from www.climatecrisis.org and used to encourage you to visit their site.  I assert fair use of this image under US Copyright law.  See foot of this page.

As a European that moved here I was always a bit appalled by the conspicuous mass consumption here. I've become a little lazy in my ways and this serves to sharpen my views and actions. If you want a rounded, understandable and excellent introduction to the topic of Global Warming (and even if you DON'T) you owe it to yourself and your kids to pledge to see this movie (click on the logo top right), or read the book, or view the website. But truly - the images in the movie - like the one above - are best seen on a large screen with their context so you understand where those fishing boats are lying abandoned and why it occured - go see it.

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