35 Inconvenient Truths: The errors in Al Gore’s movie
The 35 falsehoods in an Inconvenient Truth. The first nine were cited in a recent lawsuit in London because they were unable to substantiate them. The commented the only thing that limited further investigation was time.
Question: There's a lot of debate right now over the best way to communicate about global warming and get people motivated. Do you scare people or give them hope? What's the right mix?
Answer: I think the answer to that depends on where your audience's head is. In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to any discussion of solutions. Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis.
Is anyone surprised that he over-represented the factual presentation so that people would be more receptive to the solutions to his non-existent problem?

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