An Inconvenient Irony

My manager told me about a friend of his who saw An Inconvenient Truth over the weekend in the East Bay. Apparently they missed the last 10 minutes of the movie - the power went out due to the current heatwave. Talk about dramatic endings. :-)

The movie, by the way, should be seen by every man, woman, and child the world over - charts upon graphs of interesting (and scary) scientific & historical data, poignant footage & photos of the effect thermopollution is having across the world (including how such environmental changes influence political unrest and the economy), and computer simulations of what may come... All elegantly weaved together by a not-so-stoic Al Gore, Davis Guggenheim, Jeff Skoll, and others.

(I digress for a few lines to pay homage to Jeff Skoll: first President at eBay (my current gig); generous founder of the Skoll Foundation which has contributed to a number of organizations I support; most recently the founder/Chairman/CEO of Participant Productions which boasts an impressive repertoire of films focused on longterm benefit to society. If I had to select a single living person to idolize, it would be you Mr. Skoll. I tip my hat a thousand times...)

In any case, here's Mr. Gore on the Daily Show with my #1...

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