I saw An Inconvenient Truth yesterday.
I wasn't necessarily surprised with what i saw. I think it's a good thing that Gore made this documentary.
However, i came away from it feeling kinda helpless because, after hearing everything that was said, who's going to stop the major money-maker corporations and businesses from doing what they are doing?
I can recycle, use the public transit system, use eco-friendly lightbulbs and everything else i can to help reverse the damage we have created but how in the world do you stop big business from polluting our planet??
Example - That friggin' oil pipe line up in our North. I never wanted that. Many of us didn't think that it was a good idea. Many people said so but it's there anyway. And no amount of complaining to the government or signed petitions was gonna stop that from happening.
So with that as an example to show that regardless of what the people of a country think and feel, the almighty dollar seems to speak much louder than us to the ears of our government. With that said, how can we change anything?
PLUS- just try to convince a family to get rid of their SUV. Watch the looks on their faces when you try to explain it to them.
I'm just wondering what other people who have seen this documentary think about it and if they think that a documentary like this can change anything?
I wasn't necessarily surprised with what i saw. I think it's a good thing that Gore made this documentary.
However, i came away from it feeling kinda helpless because, after hearing everything that was said, who's going to stop the major money-maker corporations and businesses from doing what they are doing?
I can recycle, use the public transit system, use eco-friendly lightbulbs and everything else i can to help reverse the damage we have created but how in the world do you stop big business from polluting our planet??
Example - That friggin' oil pipe line up in our North. I never wanted that. Many of us didn't think that it was a good idea. Many people said so but it's there anyway. And no amount of complaining to the government or signed petitions was gonna stop that from happening.
So with that as an example to show that regardless of what the people of a country think and feel, the almighty dollar seems to speak much louder than us to the ears of our government. With that said, how can we change anything?
PLUS- just try to convince a family to get rid of their SUV. Watch the looks on their faces when you try to explain it to them.
I'm just wondering what other people who have seen this documentary think about it and if they think that a documentary like this can change anything?