Al Gore’s new book “Our Choice: A plan to solve the Climate Crisis” has now hit the shelves.  If you are interested in reading the book or want to know more about the book…check out Katie Couric’s recent interview with Al Gore.  From the interview I get the impression that this book will take even more of a pro-active approach to solving the so-called “Climate Crisis.”  Gore says this movement is getting stronger but hasn’t reached the “tipping point” with the public.  And that it’s up to a grass roots style movement to reach this tipping point.  In the interview, Gore explains how people are hard wired for short term thinking..it’s just how we think.  We only want to think about how something is going to affect us in the near future, but that it is “immoral to not care about future generations to come” 

Gore seems very confident in this book…so much so that he refers to it as a guide to how we can solve the problem..he says it’s “the solution to the climate crisis”.  Wow…….that is saying a lot!!!!!  Does it really all rides on this book?  It’s all right here?  In these pages?  Maybe it is, I have yet to read it.  But I think the big question that remains…what is the extent of this climate crisis and how much are we responsible.  I won’t get too much into my opinion of global warming but I think it is foolish to say we are the sole reason the earth is warming over the past thousands and thousands of years.  The earth has changed so much way before humans even existed.  For as much as we know the temperature on earth has been fluctuating dramatically since the beginning of time.  Now that doesn’t mean I believe we shouldn’t do what we can to create a better environment for our kids… and their kids.  We definitely aren’t helping the cause, so it is now time to do our part.

One of the other big issues he touches on in the interview and the new book is our dependence on carbon based fuel and foreign fuel.  He believes the switch to renewable energy will kill 2 birds with one stone.  Not only will it improve the environment, but it will also boost our economy.  I agree…it’s almost like the creation of the Internet.  Didn’t Gore invent that too?…haha.  The research and creation of renewable energy products means countless new jobs.  But will it stop the earth from warming..I don’t think so..but at least it’s an effort to slow the process down.

Meteorologist Brian Niznansky

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