Emily's Musings

An Inconvenient Truth

We saw the much-talked about new documentary from Al Gore today, An Inconvenient Truth. If you haven't seen it already, go out and see it. I thought it was really well done, gripping, and ultimately extremely disturbing (although a lot of it did feel like an extended advertisement for Apple Powerbooks and Keynote :))

I filled out the Carbon Calculator on the web site and was very dismayed to see that I have a larger than average person impact - the result of a long commute (though relatively decent gas mileage) and a lot of cross country flights. We do take a lot of the steps they recommend -- our light bulbs are energy efficient, we bought energy-efficient appliances, we recycle heavily, we try to choose products with less packing when we can, we try to turn off the lights when we're not in the room, etc. but its hard not to feel overwhelmed by the scope of the problems and how we each contribute to it.

There was a lot in the movie to make me mad... and worried. Hopefully it will get more people to sit up and take notice of this important issue.