If today's environmentalists had a monopoly on Bourbon they couldn't sell it to alcoholics.

This movie is so depressing the only thing anyone will take away from it is a strong desire to off themselves as an enemy of the planet. One person interviewed actually compares the human race to a disease that is killing the Earth! You probably know the drill before even seeing this stinker. Sludge pours out of factory pipes. Oil covered critters die piteously after an oil tanker wreck. The narrator Leonardo DiCaprio crashes his plane and pollutes an entire neighborhood. No wait, that was in "The Aviator" (2004).

This movie - about how global warming will kill the planet - is only slightly less hysterical than Britney Spears in a house of mirrors. Apparently the environmentalists think they must up the ante. Just showing environmental problems in a calm rational manner isn't enough anymore. One segment of the movie - which interviews Stephen Hawking no less - says that the worst case scenario for global warming would have the Earth heating up to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. This kind of irresponsible sensationalism is exactly what makes many average people roll their eyes and go back to downloading the latest celeb cooter shots.

There are plenty of success stories out there when it comes to fixing the environment. This flick barely touches on them except for a few golden oldies like solar panels and wind power. Somehow Jimmy Carter couldn't get that technology to work, but the greens keep trying. No mention of nuclear power of course. No mention of existing coal fired power plants that burn cleanly like the one in Tampa Florida. Maybe if the hot air emanating from Hollywood's sanctimonious self serving green celebs can be directed at the windmills they will turn a little faster.

Over and over again we hear how humans are unthinking masters of their domain, abusing it like a 14 year old boy. Well - except for red ants, mosquitoes, and publicity agents - every thinking person wants to stop species extinction. We want the air and water cleaner. And we also understand that will cost money. Pouring pollutants into the environment is free. Treating it costs money.

Environmentalists have to become better salesmen by showing the benefits of paying for that treatment. Stop scaring us. Start selling us.

--Dan_in_Cincinnati