A Convenient Political Documentary?

"The scientists are virtually screaming from the rooftops now. The debate is over! There's no longer any debate in the scientific community about this. But the political systems around the world have held this at arm's length because it's an inconvenient truth, because once they accept it the moral imperative to do something is inescapable" - Mr Al Gore, in An Inconvenient Truth.




I have a deep seated mistrust for politicians, and this documentary for all we know may simply be a political platform for Mr Gore to launch his comeback (then I've been had!). Frankly, I never knew about his passionate crusade against global warming and related environmental issues - which apparently was the case, as the film showed - until now. To me at least, his claim to fame was the infamous "potatoe" faux pas and his near-victory 2 presidential elections ago. But go see it anyway; it's well-made, he's witty, the theme song by Melissa Etheridge rocks and the facts are presented in a global-warming-for-dummies style even the most scientifically-challenged can comprehend. After all, at the end of the day, whether this issue is politised or otherwise, it remains a real one.

Well, there's no other place like home.