For several months, NewsBusters has been reporting the new horror movie genre "Global Warming's Gonna Kill You!"
Entering the fray is M. Night Shyamalan, the writer/director of 1999's smash hit "The Sixth Sense."
Set to open coincidentally on Friday, June 13, "The Happening" is Shyamalan's move "to milk global warming for all the terror and despair it's worth."
So say USA Today's "Weather Guys" (emphasis added, trailer embedded right):
Shyamalan's new global-warming-inspired film The Happening will open in theaters globally Friday the 13th of June. It sounds like the run-of-the-mill apocalypse movie; the Internet Movie Database posted that it is "about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity." Its movie poster illustrates the generic doomsday setting: a deserted highway littered with abandoned cars and shadowed by a dark, cloud-filled sky. (See: I Robot, Deep Impact, 28 Days Later.)
A movie spokesperson said that Shyamalan uses this movie as a platform to entice more preventative global warming action by showing audiences what could potentially happen to the world. This motivation sounds oddly familiar -- kind of like Al Gore's $50-million-grossing An Inconvenient Truth -- only Shyamalan's project is not a documentary but a movie, allowing for a good measure of embellishment for entertainment's sake.
"The film uniquely takes an in-depth look, through an imaginary story, at what could happen if the balance of nature, at the smallest levels, begins to break down," the spokesperson said. Imaginary, eh? That's a lot of leeway.
You bet it is, especially as Shyamalan says at the film's website, "I hope the movie leaves you with the sense that we may not get that chance [to move forward] if we don't start changing things."
How wonderful.
In the end, Americans should be very afraid, not of the images Shyamalan presents, but of the likely reaction by the citizenry.
Let's understand that we have precedent in our nation for fictional movies impacting policy.
For decades, Hollywood showed us frightening images of the nuclear age culminating with 1979's "The China Syndrome." As a result, America moved away from nuclear power plants, a decision that still haunts us three decades later.
Now, the new bogeyman is global warming coming at a time of record energy prices and a slowing economy. Add it all up, and we are once again being scared by Hollywood to make policy decisions that could be economically devastating for years to come.
Are we going to learn from Hollywood's nuclear error, or make exactly the same mistake we did thirty years ago?
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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OOO-Kay! That goes on my
May 24, 2008 - 10:06 ET by motherbeltOOO-Kay! That goes on my list of "things to miss."
"The Happening" Sounds worse than I thought
May 25, 2008 - 00:14 ET by PopularTechApparently he originally called it "The Green Effect" and from people who have read the original script say it is about the Earh "fighting" back against man. What BS the frickin planet is NOT alive! I told you these people are insane. There is no "Gaia".
Shyamalan re-working 'Green' (Variety)
The Happening Script online?
"The story is about the Earth fighting back against the destructive force of man as nature evolves to develop a way to make humans destroy themselves and each other in some horrendous ways. Some people escape being infected with the spore and battle to stay alive."
Welcome to the eco-religion:
Environmentalism as Religion (Michael Crichton, A.B. Anthropology, M.D. Harvard)
The movies website has a notes section with made up quotes on a chalk board about a non-existent quote about Einstein and Honey Bees. This is all "Coast to Coast" inspired BS.
Einstein on Bees (Snopes)
The Anti 'Man-Made' Global Warming Resource
That's strange, The
May 25, 2008 - 00:24 ET by BlazerThat's strange, The Planet Earth never so much as flinched when I took a dump and a whizz on it while camping last week. "Gaiai's" a punk.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
PT
May 25, 2008 - 20:18 ET by ahusserThat Michael Chrichton speech was right on the money. I saved that website. The libs are into magical thinking and unfortunatlely the Giles Winterbournes, who are true believers , will never be swayed by any facts. Have you noticed the amount of end of mankind movies, books, documentaries etc that are out or coming out. Has to be a lot of liberal end of the world and it serves us right righteousness going on. I honestly believe that lib/enviro weenies actually wish the end of mankind. Kind of a suicide cult that wants others not themselves to commit suicide. All childish fantasies.
The Happening: Extended Clip with Intro
May 25, 2008 - 01:17 ET by PopularTechThe Happening: Extended Clip with Intro (Video)
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The Happening Plot Spoiler
May 25, 2008 - 01:33 ET by PopularTechI feel really, really bad about ruining this for anyone, really I do (not).
An Early Review of M. Night Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING
"It's plants that are responsible. They've decided to wipe out humanity and release the neuro-toxin as their natural weapon. This was far, far more clear in the script (and even the title "The Green Effect") [...] What Shyamalan quickly finds, though, is that it's very, very hard to menacingly cut to an evil-looking tree. That doesn't stop him from trying, though, and he inexplicably adds wind as a way of livening up the scenes. When the leaves of a tree start to blow, evil's afoot. It's really, really hard not to laugh at and there's even a real groaner of a gag-scene wherein Wahlberg timidly apologizes to a houseplant only to find that it's made of rubber. Really."
There now I can sleep and spend the next few weeks ruining the plot to everyone I meet.
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Popular Tech, gee I thought it was CO2 breath!
May 25, 2008 - 15:18 ET by upcountrywaterLiberals62%
IranianUranium
Tossing Apples
May 26, 2008 - 10:10 ET by CobraMan"What Shyamalan quickly finds, though, is that it's very, very hard to menacingly cut to an evil-looking tree."
It looks like he's just ripping off the Wizard of Oz and the enchanted forest. Care for an apple, anyone?
Shyamalan's has really gone downhill in his last few movies (remember Signs? talk about a horrible movie!). He just seems to be coping the great works of others and calls it his own. This script just screams the name Demeter, only this time Demeter is angry at us. Can't this guy do something ORIGINAL or is he going to follow in Shakespeare's footsteps and continue to rip off the classic Greek mythologies?
Darth Vader is Luke's
May 26, 2008 - 10:13 ET by balboaDarth Vader is Luke's father. Rosebud is a sleigh. Verbal is Keyser. Pitt and Norton are the same guy.
Not a surprise
May 24, 2008 - 10:12 ET by nnptcgradHasn't he been making less and less on each movie since "Sixth Sense"? Throwing money and his fans goodwill down the chute seems to be his hobby. I remember reading how much his last several movies sucked on a number of sites.
Mother nature is a bitch - Ninth Corollary of Murphy's Law
Sixth Attempt?
May 24, 2008 - 10:50 ET by CarlosSThat's because he just keeps regurtitating Sixth Sense..., I saw his second one, I can't even remember its storyline, "Unbreakable", at the theatre..., sat through the third on cable..., alians who trqaveled millions of light years across the galaxy couldn't figure out a pantry door
Proof that one hit wonders still exist. His pandering to global warming..., er, climate change (I'm in Phoenix Arizona and it's COLD and RAINY this weekend) is just an attempt to revitalize his career with yet a fifth or sixth attempt at box office success.
'6th Sense' and
May 24, 2008 - 11:40 ET by Ten7s'6th Sense' and 'Unbreakable' were both entertaining. His 2 after were simply awful; I didn't see the two before. Kind of like those 'educational' channels that ocassionally wedge informative programming between the liberal pro-UFO/Bigfoot/Nostradamus/etc. junk.
Here in RVA it's
May 24, 2008 - 10:16 ET by BlazerHere in RVA it's supposed to dip to around 40 degrees tonight in late May. I've had my tomato and pepper plants in the ground now for well over a month and with all of the below average temps in late spring and lack of sun they have barely grown an inch or two and this is the south.
M. Night Shamalala jumped the shark after "Signs". I'm sure this will suck too.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
I thought the same thing
May 24, 2008 - 12:53 ET by mjgI thought the same thing about signs. I thought it jumped theshark. I actually only liked the sixth sense. After that I don't think he could replicate the sucess of it. I saw the rest of the ones he made. I thank God I didn't pay good money to see them since I found them too ridiculous. The village was a good example of ridiculous.
I doubt this movie will
May 24, 2008 - 10:25 ET by MidAmericaI doubt this movie will have any real impact. People are understanding the hypocrisy of the movie elites and other alarmists. Given the anger over high energy prices and the inability of government to lead on this issue people are a lot less sympathetic to what happens to polar bears.
If we had a group of politicians stand up and present a believable energy plan that improved peoples lives, strengthened our economy and made us more secure they would win an election overwhelmingly.
I've been disappointed by
May 24, 2008 - 10:27 ET by balboaI've been disappointed by the last couple of M. movies. But I'll probably give this a shot.
It'll be interesting to see how this angle is played up in the movie.
bal, just so you keep it
May 24, 2008 - 10:33 ET by Blazerbal, just so you keep it real and totally soak up the entire experience, make sure you walk, peddle, ride mass transit there and make sure the theatre get's it's electricity from a non-carbon burning power plant and forego the popcorn because we need that for ethanol. : )
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Lol. I'm only going to eat
May 24, 2008 - 10:41 ET by balboaLol. I'm only going to eat recycled popcorn served in bags made out of hemp.
Just dont' smoke the bags
May 24, 2008 - 10:50 ET by BlazerJust dont' smoke the bags afterwards, that would emit carbon and may call for an uneccesary trip to Baskin Robbins or Dairy Queen. : )
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
i am going to take the
May 24, 2008 - 11:05 ET by Roger the Shrubberi am going to take the freegan route and only eat what I find on the theatre floor.
I, too, was disappointed with "The Lady in the Water", but I will see this movie. I am still a big M. Night fan.
Now, if you'll all excuse me, "Kelly's Heroes" is about to begin on TCM.
Seriously though, we
May 24, 2008 - 11:09 ET by BlazerSeriously though, we wouldn't want a Polar Bear, Caribou or a Harp Seal to get heat-stroke just because bal had to see a movie. : )
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Have a good supply of
May 24, 2008 - 11:59 ET by motherbeltHave a good supply of popcorn, Rog...."Where Eagles Dare" is after that!
Great... Another two hours
May 24, 2008 - 10:54 ET by SnappyGreat... Another two hours of mindless entertainment I wont be able to enjoy due to the transperant and shameless pandering to Global warm....errrr "Climate Change" hysteria. This looks like it would have been a prime place to start conserving by not wasting the film (read petroleum product) used to make it.
What this director has
May 24, 2008 - 10:52 ET by ConservativeRexWhat this director has done is prove to everyone else what we've always known about global warming: It's as real as Freddy Kruger, Jason Voorhees, and that damn horrific doll that killed everyone. That it is not really real, it's just there to scare people weak enough mentally to think that it is real. See folks. it's all fake, not going to hurt you, not hiding in your closet or under your bed! That should clear things up.
Liberals, you have to read their unintended meanings. They are just too simple!
Who did he get to play
May 24, 2008 - 11:47 ET by wiwfWho did he get to play ManBearPig?
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
By asserting that the public fears nuclear energy,
May 24, 2008 - 12:30 ET by GRLCowangovernment, 30 years ago, was able to protect a lot of fossil fuel revenue. No doubt some members of the public actually did, maybe some even still do, but if these fearful people had not existed, it would have been fiscally advantageous for government to invent them.
Today, the advantage to government when nuclear energy is suppressed is huger than ever: if the nuclear plants that in the USA last year made 807 billion kWh could somehow be made to go away, natural gas to make the same electricity would cost more than a billion dollars a week -- much of it royalties. Since those plants are not going to go away, they continue to let the citizenry use, instead, $0.025 billion a week in uranium.
If the public can be made to disbelieve in global warming, the same advantage accrues. So the money is on the opposite side of the deal to what it was with nuclear energy 30 years ago. It wants you to disbelieve, and pay.
--- G.R.L. Cowan, H2 energy fan 'til ~1996
http://www.eagle.ca/...
GRL
May 24, 2008 - 12:44 ET bywelcome,
yes we should be building thousands of mid-sized nuclear plants, just as France has done.
Also, how much energy does it take to harvest Boron? is it a negative balance equation like hydrogen?
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And to think that nuclear
May 24, 2008 - 13:53 ET by lotrAnd to think that nuclear power plants give off zero greenhouse gases and, to my knowledge, zero particulates.
Boron yields less energy than it takes to make ...
May 24, 2008 - 15:46 ET by GRLCowanand as you say, hydrogen is like that too. The difference is that boron is a lot easier to handle. In terms of weight, these are the numbers I had a year ago: a 2.1-tonne Li-ion battery pack, a 516-kg liquid hydrogen tank, a 331-kg boron bin, and a 96-kg gasoline tank all can give the same energy at the driveshaft.
GRL
May 24, 2008 - 16:13 ET bythanks i'll need to check it out, hydrogen may get to positive output with technology, but as you suggest; hindenburg on the freeways anyone? So since they are more like storage of energy we need the nukes to farm the resources.
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Hindenburg is as likened to
May 24, 2008 - 20:01 ET by FoolicanHindenburg is as likened to modern-day hydrogen technology as Chernobyl is to modern nuclear fission.
foolican
May 24, 2008 - 20:12 ET bypower plants don't regularly get in head-on collisions
how do you keep a ruptured tank from igniting?
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Don't Buy Russian Made Equptment
May 26, 2008 - 10:15 ET by CobraManWhich tells me not to buy Russian made equipment, whether it be nuclear reactors or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Ether way, they're bound to be explosive.
Who's next?
May 24, 2008 - 13:09 ET by acumen"....about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity." Throw in a Who soundtrack...
Don't care about pollution
I'm an air-conditioned gypsy
That's my solution
Watch the oceans and the heatwave miss me
I'm mobile
Oooooh, yeah, hee!
beep, beep.
Oh goody! I hope it will at
May 24, 2008 - 14:46 ET by SickofLibsOh goody! I hope it will at least feature some cannibals (as predicted by soothsayer Ted Turner).
the planet jupiter has new red spots, due to climate change
May 24, 2008 - 16:00 ET by lunaticcringeradiosee link and cool pics
http://antwrp.gsfc.n...
yes apparently now when we bbq or drive our cars, we are causing climate change on the planet jupiter, or, just possibly, climate change is completely natural on other planets in the solar system just like it is on earth.
liberal socialists hate nature because they want to change climate change. liberal socialists are afraid of change, unless others change totheir liberal socialism.
i hope to create a new red spot all my own on jupiter the next time i hope into my jeep, i'd like to call it the lunatic spot.
lunaticcringeradio
Don't liberals want fewer people?
May 24, 2008 - 17:10 ET by WingletDriverReally, they are always talking about how man is destroying the environment. They push for more government-funded "family planning" services (aka abortion). The Population Bomb myth first put out by Ehrlich is their Nicean Creed.
Now Shyamalan is writing/directing a "horror" story. Hell, this is what libs have been pushing for. This is their "feel good" movie of the year to follow up Redacted from last year.
Apparently the Hollwood
May 24, 2008 - 18:42 ET by Jack BauerApparently the Hollwood buzz (or rather, pile of dead bees) is that this movie sucks underpants.
But then .. apart from the see it coming a mile off "twist" 6th Sense, which M.Night Egomaniaman movie hasn't been worse than the one before.
There's the bad Signs -- hey, sign you're in a crappy movie is when the Alien is wearing a rubber suit, and it's Mel Gibson's worst performance ever.
I even walked out of Unwatchable... sorry, "Unbreakable."
The latest Happening "stars" Mark Wahlberg. Well he's gonna pull big time!
Not happening people.
Why Don't You Just Say It, Mr. Gore?
May 24, 2008 - 21:05 ET by gideonmjames"God is a great big liar." - Al Gore
Genesis 8:21-22
(21) And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have [allowed to be] done [by the god of this world ... who cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy]."
(22) While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and COLD AND HEAT, and SUMMER AND WINTER, and DAY AND NIGHT SHALL NOT CEASE.
God is not going to allow global catastrophe to happen on earth ever again ... that is PART of the significance of the rainbow.
Psalms 47:9
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: FOR THE SHIELDS OF THE EARTH BELONG UNTO GOD : He is greatly exalted.
1 Timothy 6:20-21, Mr. Gore
May 24, 2008 - 21:35 ET by gideonmjames1 Timothy 6:20-21
(20) O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and OPPOSITIONS OF SCIENCE FALSELY SO CALLED:
(21) Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
The Bible warns about science falsely so called ... about science that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.
And 2 Corinthians 10:5 ...
CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS [logismos - the manufactured "facts" of the world], AND EVERY HIGH THING THAT EXALTETH ITSELF AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD [scientiam Dei - the science that is of God], and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Did you EVER see Jesus Christ running around worried about the "environment" ... or ANY grand political matter?
And Ephesians 4:14 ...
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, BY THE SLEIGHT [kubeia - FRAUD] OF MEN, AND CUNNING CRAFTINESS [panourgia - sophistry ... LIES SHIELDED AND SUPPORTED BY "SCIENCE" AND CORRUPT DATA], WHEREBY THEY LIE IN WAIT TO DECEIVE;
Psalms 94:20, Mr. Gore
May 24, 2008 - 21:45 ET by gideonmjamesPsalms 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, WHICH FRAMETH MISCHIEF BY A LAW?
And Matthew 15:9 ...
But in vain they do worship me [if Al Gore has EVER honored God and His son Jesus Christ], TEACHING FOR DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS [entalma - the precepts, premises, and flawed logic] OF MEN.
And Colossians 2:20-22 ...
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments [false standards] of the world, WHY, as though living in the world, ARE YE SUBJECT TO ORDINANCES [mischief framed in unjust laws],
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not);
(22) WHICH ARE ALL TO PERISH WITH THE USING; after [according as] the commandments and doctrines of men [shall perish with the using]?
God is not going to allow
May 24, 2008 - 21:48 ET byGod is not going to allow global catastrophe to happen on earth ever again ... that is PART of the significance of the rainbow.
not by water
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Not While Christians Are Present on Earth
May 24, 2008 - 22:37 ET by gideonmjamesAnd not while Christians are present on earth ... most of Revelation - the Tribulation Period - happens while the saints (those who have believed Romans 10:9) are gathered together with Jesus Christ in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:17) before our return together with him to reign a thousand years (Revelation 20:6).
i don't think a slam shut
May 24, 2008 - 22:49 ET byi don't think a slam shut case can be exegeted for a pre-trib rapture but if so how long does it take for an eye to twinkle?
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Mr. Shyamalan is really
May 24, 2008 - 22:05 ET by radiofitz34Mr. Shyamalan is really taking a big chance here. Suppose folks go to see the movie and laugh out loud. I mean, it's not too much of a stretch to say that folks with loose the ability to talk. We would especially hope that will happen to the vast left wing conspiracy. Some would say that they already act that way. Ted Turner speaks english but really weird stuff comes out his mouth. I guess AGW is already making people act silly.
Holy sunspots Batman!
May 24, 2008 - 21:35 ET by the strugglerAren't we already living a Global Warming horror movie?
I am not usually one to be
May 24, 2008 - 21:54 ET by DarasenI am not usually one to be the dissenter here but, I think this entry is a bit on the reactionary side. As are some of the comments, not intending any offense.
Firstly the quote "to milk global warming for all the terror and despair it's worth." is from the article at the weather guys and not the movies makers. Secondly there seems to be several quotes from the spokesperson of the movie, a person hired by the studio for PR and not from the creator himself. Further there is no indication That I have fouind that the movie depicts anything to do woth global warming. It seems to dipict some sort of un-named disaster.
To the cooments liking or disling Mr. Shyamalan's movie is of course an opinion. However, to call any pf them a flop is unfactual as all of his films since 'The Sixth Sense' have turned a profit.
Full Disclosure: I have enjoyed all of his films thus far. Shyamalan doesn't make movies about events like aliens attacking Earth (such as 'Independence Day'). He makes movies about people who happen to be a part of the world where these events take place as in Signs'. 'The Village', to me, is brillaint and one of my favourite movies.That is not why I have responded here though.
I felt it necessary to respond because NewsBusters, in this instance, has drifted from "reporting and exposing media bias" to reporting a gut reaction to movie that Mr. Sheppard has not yet, to my knowledge, seen. If the movie comes out and it is two hours of Al Gore wackiness then by all means lambast it. But please let us leave the unfounded emotional and, frankly, not completely informed responses to the left. They have more practice at it anyway.
Damn, You Liberals Are World Class Idiots
May 24, 2008 - 22:15 ET by gideonmjames"Firstly", "fouind", "woth", "dipict", "cooments", "disling", "pf", "brillaint", "favourite" ... in your rush to naysay Noel's article you seem to have caught yourself spelling like a third-grader.
Can you jackasses even spell your own damn names?
No, we can't. (FYI, I've
May 24, 2008 - 22:44 ET by balboaNo, we can't. (FYI, I've been chastised for pointing out spelling errors before. I guess it's all part of the "online experience?")
You are correct I did not
May 25, 2008 - 10:47 ET by DarasenYou are correct I did not spell check (actually Typo check) the post as I
typically do. Frankly, I have become too reliant on Firefox to catch my bad
typing. Oddly it does not work on the NewsBusters site.
However you are incorrect in that "Firstly" and
"Favourite" are not typos. Perhaps utilising a dictionary would help you
with words you apparently do not know. You may even find a better way to express
yourself than to refer to someone as a jackass.
Furthermore it is apparent that beyond looking for words that have been
mistyped (or God forbid ones one seem to not know) you did not actually read
the post, nor have read any of my previous post. Were this the case you would
never label me, of all people, a liberal.
I am bothering to respond to this simply because it further
makes my point. As a conservative I always cringe when someone says
conservatives can not think for themselves. As with most leftist statements I
find the opposite to be true. It has always been my position that conservatism
is a far more logical standpoint than liberalism. Thus, when what appears to
essentially be a knee-jerk reaction to something is made I tend to point this
fault out. Such as is the case with the original article and your response to
my comment.
Interestingly I remember reading in several places where
people disliked ‘Signs’ for it’s religious overtones about faith.
Stupid movies
May 25, 2008 - 13:33 ET by UnsaneActually, in the United States, you have misspelled "favorite". Perhaps you are a Canadian or a Brit? :-)
This guy, as noted below, is one of the most grossly overrated directors I have seen in some time. So, regardless of subject matter, I am giving this thing a wide berth. I am STILL owed $5 for seeing that stupid movie Signs.
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Darasen
May 25, 2008 - 21:55 ET by lotrFYI, there's no spell-check on NB with IE either -- I usually have to check words manually, which, quite frankly, in today's fast-paced blogosphere, sucks. Furthermore, the only time I even use IE is for NB. For some odd reason, I am unable to edit using Firefox.
Ugh
May 24, 2008 - 22:14 ET by UnsaneWhat a grossly overrated director. Good thing this movie is released at a time when I have sworn off movies for the rest of the calendar year!
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Global Warming Profits
May 24, 2008 - 23:00 ET by wdhorningIn the mid-1970s I was sitting in a restaurant and overheard two executives from a company specializing in environmental "fixes". They had just discuss a few of the legitmate "fixes" they were working on and how to market them. Then one said, "What if we run out of ideas down the road? How will our company survive?" The other replied, "We will invent environmental dangers, and then create the fixes and market them."
The above story sounds exactly like what Al Gore has done, namely be a huge owner in a "carbon credit" company and then market the idea of man-made global warming, and then for the rich who are "green", but do not want to save energy in 50,000 sq ft homes or in using private jets, to let them buy "carbon credits" to ease their conscience.
I only wonder why some rich person has not sued Al Gore for fraud yet?
And now there is this new film to make a buck off of "junk science."
But these two are not the first. A few of the others include:
- early freon, while very damaging to ozone, is so heavy it hardly ever effected ozone at higher levels and actually was beneficial to helping reduce surface-level ozone, which hurt those with various lung disorders and diseases; furthermore, new replacements are far less efficient, creating the need to consume more electricity; you might say they replaced one slight risk with a far greater problem, namely too much electric consumption, and with that, more coal & oil consumption to run these types of electric generating plants; those blackouts and brownouts during hot summers are indirectly caused by "junk science" environmentalists.
- 10's of millions have died from the ban on DDT due to insect bred diseases, while even under the absolute worse DDT misuse cases, at best, a few dozen persons would have died from it by now (all that was needed was clear instructions on proper use and strong law enforcement)
- and more recently, removing the lead from electronics' products is the worst thing that could have been done, since all that is needed is to line the bottom and sides of landfills with cheap, ground up coal, a natural filter that stops all kinds of metals and other chemicals from getting into the water table. And the reason it is so bad is that the ability to have really reliable solder joints requires lead and thus the impact on costs (for costly replacements) and safety (now reliable is your cell phone going to be one day?) have been compromised; you might say one risk has been replaced with a far greater risk (note: replacing lead solder for copper water pipes is a good idea, however).
There are of course many good things that have been done to improve the environment, but some "crooks" have used hysteria to make a buck with outright fabrications and really bad "junk science".