I saw Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Sequel” tonight at the Mahoning Valley Cinema. Eleven years ago Gore’s first film, “An Inconvenient Truth,” achieved some popularity and a great deal of ridicule.
One of the most derided portions of that first movie was that as storms increased in size and strength and the oceans continued to rise, sea water could go inland in Manhattan as far as the site of the World Trade Center. How silly. Tonight’s film showed sea water pouring over that area during Hurricane Sandy.
The film also made clear the connection between warmer water and the increased intensity of storms. It pointed out the Syrian crisis, including the refugee explosion, was connected to the worst drought in Syria’s history. More crises of this sort will be coming.
A major part of the film revolved around the negotiations for the Paris Climate Accord. The hopefulness, the sense that the world leaders were finally taking steps to solve a global problem, was a feel-good moment.
It didn’t last. We had the 2016 election, with Perry, Pruitt, and Tillerson all pushing fossil fuels at the expense of renewables and the grand pooh bah himself so proud to pull out of the Paris accords, turning leadership on solar energy developments over to China.
Well,we have to give Tillerson some credit for calling Trump an f****** moron. But that is where I stop. He isn't much better than the dumpster.
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