Gore'd

A few of us went to watch David Suzuki and Al Gore give a talk on climate change yesterday. I believe it was the first time I saw an Academy Award winner in the flesh (and by that I'm not referring to Gore's plumpy looks). The talk was entertaining and inspiring, mostly stuff taken from "An Inconvenient Truth".

It is obvious that people's attitude towards the environment has shifted recently, with more attention being paid to CO2 emissions than ever before. Suzuki and Gore referred to the irresponsibility of the media, covering for weeks and months such enlightening issues as the Anna Nicole Smith death / murder / suicide / who cares, but deeming the climate change issue not "newsworthy". Of course, only a moron would deny that all the CO2 we're pumping into the air is having a negative effect on our environment. Interestingly, the overwhelming majority of scientists agree with this fact, but naysayers still get 53% coverage in the media. Talk about fair and balanced reporting!

On a final note, Gore's presentation was put together using Keynote 3, and it looked fantastic (my Powerpoint days are now officially over). He said one of the advantages of sitting on Apple Inc.'s board was that he got Keynote's "bouncy effect" feature put back in after it was initially suppressed. Saving the environment and the geek community? What a man!