"There are three misconceptions in particular that bedevil our thinking. The first: isnt there a disagreement among scientists as to whether the problem is real or not? Actually... not really."
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former vice president of the United States Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming. The film features a slide show that, by Gore's own estimate, he has presented over 1,000 times to audiences worldwide.
"The struggles, the victories that arent really victories, the defeats that arent really defeats, they can serve to magnify the significance of some trivial step forward, exaggerate the seeming importance of some massive setback."
"We have to think differently about war. Because the new technologies so completely transform the consequences of that old habit that we cant just mindlessly continue the patterns of the past."
"You look at that river gently flowing by. You notice the leaves rustling with the wind. You hear the birds; you hear the tree frogs. In the distance you hear a cow. You feel the grass. The mud gives a little bit on the river bank. It’s quiet; it’s peaceful. And all of a sudden, it’s a gear shift inside you. And it’s like taking a deep breath and going, "Oh yeah, I forgot about this."
"It takes a sudden jolt sometimes for us to become aware of a danger. If it seems gradual, even if it really is happening quickly, were capable of just sitting there and not responding, and not reacting."
"Old Habits plus Old Technology have predictable consequences. Old Habits, that are hard to change, plus New Technology can have dramatically altered consequences."
"They looked up and they snapped this picture, and it became known as "Earthrise" And that one picture exploded in the consciousness of humankind. It led to dramatic changes. Within 18 months of this picture being taken the modern environmental movement had begun."