Gore Goes Forward on Global Warming

An interview with Al Gore is up at Grist http://tinyurl.com/qdq7z, with a link to a trailer for the new film on global warming in which he stars. Among other things, I noted that Davis Guggenheim, the producer of the HBO series, Deadwood, also did this project. It opens May 24.

I had not known this project was not initiated by Gore. Gore commented on criticism that he is over-stating the imminence of danger in the film. He replies that, in effect, the pendulum has to swing back the other way to get to the truth and constructive action.

In the interview, Gore advocates cellulosic, rather than corn-based ethanol as a solution for the fuel problem. I ahve heard a lot of good argument against corn based ethanol myself, ranging from the danegr of monsanto style monoculture to the motivations of lobbyists. I'm glad Gore is running this campaign for the earth as we know it. I have a lot to learn from him.