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clpMINI
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From: Richmond, VA, USA
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Message 51 of 119 (342106)
08-21-2006 5:45 PM
Reply to: Message 6 by Hyroglyphx
08-19-2006 11:02 PM


the movie
I have not seen the movie and it may be a very persuasive movie. I'm not going to prejudge it.
Just wondering if you have any intentions or plans to maybe see the movie?
I think that there were only two theaters in my whole state that showed the movie, and I was lucky enough to live near one. I thought it was very good.
Most of the criticism I have read about this movie came from political adversaries of Gore, and were more critical about him personally than anything that as actually in the movie. One critic claiming that the whole thing was a setup for Gore to try and run for president again, but then said that Gore should run for "Grand Druid" instead. Mildly witty I suppose, but it doesn't say much about the movie or global warming.
So unless you have some unwavering aversion to Gore, I would suggest you give it a view.
~clpMINI

I mean, this is America. Everybody loves seeing lesbians go at it, as long as they are both hot and not in a monogamous, legally sanctioned relationship.

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clpMINI
Member (Idle past 5165 days)
Posts: 116
From: Richmond, VA, USA
Joined: 03-22-2005


Message 59 of 119 (342380)
08-22-2006 12:24 PM
Reply to: Message 58 by Hyroglyphx
08-22-2006 11:41 AM


Re: the movie
Let me guess the two: Richmond and Virginia Beach/Norfolk?
Correct on the Richmond, but the second one was Charlottesville. There may have eventually been a few more, but when I was searching for a theater to watch it in, it only listed Richmond and Charlottesville for Virginia.
But as I said, I'm not totally sold out on the notion of Global Warming being the cause of humans. I happen to be leaning more towards Holmes on this one. Nonetheless, human actions can only exacerbate the phenomenon. I think we should live in a manner that should still seek to lower emissions and overall, pollution. I'm just not so sure that this isn't mostly the cause of a natural cycle.
To me, if you get down to the very basics of it, its pretty simple and obviously human induced. We all agree on the greenhouse effect, and that it is a good thing. We all agree that the greenhouse effect is the result of certain "greenhouse gases", which include carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and others. Some greenhouse gases can absorb more, and therefore re-radiate, more heat than others. I believe that methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2, however, there is a much larger quantity of CO2 than methane. I also believe that we have measured current CO2 levels to be at far higher levels than any in the past hundreds of thousands of years, with a measurable and dramatic spike since the industrial revolution. (and the movie does a great job of showing this)
So...greenhouse effect...greenhouse gases...the more the gases the greater the effect...(black magic occurs) and voila...global warming!
So when you laugh at people studying farting cows...it's all about methane and global warming!
~clpMINI

I mean, this is America. Everybody loves seeing lesbians go at it, as long as they are both hot and not in a monogamous, legally sanctioned relationship.

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