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The release of the ‘Inconvenient Truth’ took the world by storm.  This powerful documentary sheds significant light on one of the hot spots for global debates: global warming.  Through this documentary, Al Gore portrays the earth in a truly remarkable way: our only home. I really appreciate how Al Gore was able to connect personally with this crisis.

 According to me, this documentary was nothing less than spectacular. It was more than just a burst of facts, but a profound analysis of the bigger picture regarding global warming.  The documentary helped me personally come in terms with reality. Being a great fan of Star trek and Star Wars, I have always envisioned a space colony away from earth. But the truth is that no matter how far fetched our dreams are, we still need the resources from earth to fulfill them.  All our space missions have being powered by natural resources only refined in the laboratories.

With no legitimate signs of alien lifeforms, we can only compare our successes and conquests to our activities here on the earth. Even though this planet is one of maybe millions of planets and just another celestial body, it is our only home and even if we venture out into space someday, we will still be defined by our proximity to our home.

Al Gore has been associated with the concept of global warming for years. He even tried to use his political campaign to favor the cause of the environment. In recent times, research groups have been labeling Al Gore a hypocrite. I read an interesting opinion piece in July 2008 in the National Post on how Al Gore was not ‘ walking the walk’. It contained allegations of how Al Gore lives lavishly in a house contributing to an enormous carbon footprint and how he uses private jets to fly to conferences instead of boarding the public Boeing.

My question to the writer of this article is: Are n’t we all guilty of hypocrisy? Don’t all of us, at one point in our lives, preach ideals we don’t follow? Then, how are we any different than Al Gore?

Many problems are often left unresolved due to lack of personal responsibility. We are all culprits for promoting global warming and pointing fingers will not resolve the problem. I am not denying the allegations made regarding Al Gore; I am only concerned that the time that we use to scrutinize Al Gore’s character could be used to focus on the ‘actual crisis’.

Whatever the truth maybe, no one can deny that the ‘Inconvenient Truth’ has opened our eyes to the previously hidden dangers of global warming. I only hope that we can accept our responsibility and work towards saving the planet.