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Re: HOME [Re: ] #270029
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cry cry cry

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At first I though "oh no, another al Gore video", but it turned out in a clearly explained video without too much exaggeration and with beautiful footage. I do not value the numbers represented here, but rather the facts described, like the algae depending on the coral reefs which are disappearing rapidly, methane fields captured under the permafrost in Siberia which are about to melt down, releasing immense quantities of the poisonous gas, and the depletion of fossil water aquifers in the deserts of Saudi Arabia by artificial crop fields.

And above all I value the last part, where solutions are presented that are currently successfully deployed in various countries. This film was made to make the consumers aware of what they are consuming, and shows what they should be consuming.

But we can't change that fast. Not with the slow governments taking little effort for realising radical changes. Yet more and more I've seen changes in every day's life. Soon the electric car will be introduced. Recharge points are mounted on various pump stations already, and since a month I've seen this new poster at the bus stops featuring the recharging of electric vehicles. Solar panels are more and more deployed on our houses as well, though this has not yet been a very popular change, hopefully that will grow fast within the upcoming ten years.

We can only restrict to the actions of our own country. Some live in small ones producing little pollution, some in big ones producing more, even vital amounts. But small or big, we all should strive to use more and more environment friendly resources, and take care of what we are consuming.

It's not a horrible thing to skip a day of showering. Though for many of us that'll probably already be a most radical change. As a child you probably even showered only 4 times a week. Not even 40 years ago, it was common to wash yourself one time a week. And now? Most of us do it every day, if not twice.



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This video is not available in your country or domain.

cry cry cry


Could you stop acting like that, please, and do some effort to find a solution? Navigate to the link, for example. Or youtube another one.

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Re: HOME [Re: Joozey] #270059
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@Cowabanga: sorry for that bad link - Joozey found a better one (thanx for that) I've already replaced... (have fun)

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Nice footage, but

But "Michael Moore level" texts and superficial generalizations and accusations.

Its cool if you turn off the sound, and play some
nice chillout music instead.

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yes these pictures are never seen...

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I honestly don't hear any severe accusation. An informative documentary about mankind sounds like a sum of superficial generalizations no matter how you create it, to hit the mainstream, and if you want to make a point, you must point a finger to the problem, which is then inevitably taken as an accusation by some.

But 90% of what has been said is truth, no?

This movie made a lot of sense to me, in terms of causes and events in history, and our current state. Not just the environmental threats we've formed to nature, but also the fight against, with solutions that we've come up with.

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@mercuryus - Thanks for the topic and link. I totally forgot that today (June 5th) was Earth day. I spent the entire day working in my yard, enjoying the warm, sunny weather. Watching this video was a great finish to the day.

@Joozey - It is good to see that some efforts are being made to correct our misuse of the Earth and the resources. I have seen a steady increase in wind turbines being erected in the province where I live. These are equipped with a solar panel on top of each tower that provides localized energy to operate the mechanisms. I've also had the opportunity to see a Geothermal plant near Taupo, New Zealand.


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Is it anywhere to download, that nasty thingy? No, honestly, but my flash player stucks when playing hd movies.

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And above all I value the last part, where solutions are presented that are currently successfully deployed in various countries. This film was made to make the consumers aware of what they are consuming, and shows what they should be consuming.


That should make you realize it's not of course entirely objective either though. I mean, it's a pretty good movie and considerably better than Al Gore's movie, but people on both side of this global issue have an agenda. It's plain obvious.

I wouldn't blindly bite into the subject thinking everything that happens now is severely wrong either. There's actually a lot we are used to and benefiting from despite perhaps ruining or abusing parts of our world. It would take a lot for a perfect world to exist and when it comes down to it, I am sure that no one would trade places with someone that's worse off.

It's why there's no way mankind will stop selling oil way way before the sources run dry.

I think changing company policies starts with governments designing rules that are aimed at both progress and change. I'm not talking about banning all that pollutes and unrealistic left wing environmental idiotic stuff like that, but rather encouraging the right things. Electric cars, electric windmills, as this movie points out there's a bunch of alternatives that are at least better than what we use know.

Of course, as some other people point out, alternative solutions are usually extremely expensive. Being green is still too expensive, even if people would want to. This is were people that are more conscious about it all get ripped off. Simple as that.

Again, governments, companies and the majority of consumers should do some serious soul searching when it comes to this if we really want to deal with the issue.

Personally I think it's not going to happen, I think we will see smog 'storms', contaminated areas and so on in a not too distant future as a common feature of this earth. Simply because humans are greedy, the majority is stupid and societies are becoming more and more individualistic. Lots of people already don't care as their usage of earth stops when they die anyways.


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