‘An Inconvenient Truth’ proving to be a little too inconvenient?
‘I have to say the situation has not improved since I made the movie in 2006.’ Mr Gore said when he was questioned in London in April this year.
Sure, awareness has grown and more people are concerned since scientists said we had just 10 years to take action to halt rising sea levels. But the situation has got worse. The entire North Polar ice cap is melting and could be gone in some areas in as little as five years.
You have to ask, what would it take to set off the alarm bells to make this a top-of-mind priority in the body politic?’