I managed to come across the news that the Sacramento City Council is hosting a screening of “An Inconvenient Truth”. Here’s the flyer that they are passing out:

As can be seen, not only are they hosting this screening, but it is during their evening session. Of course, “an inconvenient truth” is a greater priority to the council than Sacramento gang violence, crime, flooding, and other growing problems.

But even if global warming was the most pressing problem to Sacramento, why the use of “An Inconvenient Truth”? Surely, a more informative and professional way of dealing with this topic would be to have a hearing on the subject, with various experts sharing their opinion on how it pertains to Sacramento itself. Yet, instead, Sacramento’s mayor and city council have decided to show what results to be a documentary about Al Gore, with a few “facts” thrown in for good measure.

The reason I say this is because when I viewed “An Inconvenient Truth”, I noticed that, for some reason, global warming is very connected with Al Gore’s life story. We learn about Al’s childhood, his speaking tour, and how he became such a global warming expert in the first place.

In fact, Al is so committed to the environment and reducing human excess that he is the proud owner of a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville, along with two other houses.

And, one of those “scientific facts” that I mentioned was that sea levels will possibly rise by approximately 20 feet! flooding coastal areas! and producing 100 million refugees!!! Nope, no scare tactics here, only scientific facts. Never mind that the UN’s IPCC fourth report on global warming estimates the maximum sea level rise at 23 inches; Al Gore knows what he’s doing!

But seriously, showing this movie as an activity of the City Council is a waste of time and resources. Surely, the council can either objectively and scientifically look at global warming, or find a more pressing topic altogether.