Thank you Al Gore

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by bradclark1

Actually it's not such a bad thing. Because of who he is and what he is and what he does it polarizes the subject thereby making more people aware who otherwise might not have been interested. The media wouldn't be as interested if it was professor Smutley from Whatever University.

Movements need figureheads, and Gore isn't the worst. It does bring up problems though, being a former elected official in a politically polarised country, the same country that is in the top 3 polluters in the world. It creates a lot of problems, brad. You're right in that having a publicly-recognisable figure as a figurehead raises awareness, and that's good. But it seems the shortcuts that he's taken in Inconvienent Truth (which I still think is an excellent film, natch :p), have angered some scientists.
As for his personal energy usage, there was a lot of discussion on this between myself, August & Sea Demon on this thread.