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Group Uses Film to Promote Global Warming
EFL.They want global warming? Oh, theyâre from Maine. Canât blame them. Ever been in Maine in February?Environmental activists in Maine have latched onto a new summer disaster movie as a way to spread their message about the perils of global warming. Yeah, couldnât see this coming, could we? Volunteers for the Natural Resources Council of Maine will pass out fliers to moviegoers at Portland-area theaters on Friday and Saturday nights after the opening of "The Day After Tomorrow." On Friday, at Hoyts Falmouth Cinema 10, the Sierra Club and the Maine Council of Churches will host a preview of the movie that depicts global disaster caused by climate change. The preview will be followed by a panel discussion featuring a University of New Hampshire scientist, the commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, and others. The Maine Council of Churches? Maybe theyâll fly up Elian in the private jet to sign some autographs. Get Al Gore up there for a couple of sessions in the Stop Global Warming dunk tank. Heâs got the screaming freak act down. Environmentalists admit that many of the special-effects scenarios featured in "The Day After Tomorrow" are far-fetched. The $125 million movieâs pivotal scenes include a snowstorm in New Delhi, tornadoes in Los Angeles and grapefruit-size hail in Tokyo. For scientists, abrupt climate change usually means change that happens over a few decades, not a full-blown ice age that impossibly descends on New York City within just a few days."This movie distorts global warming, obviously," said Maureen Drouin, northeast regional representative of the Sierra Club. "Itâs a disaster movie. But we also feel that the Bush administration is distorting the science on global warming."â Itâs bullshit, but itâs our bullshit. The sheeple will eat it up. Also, Bush is Hitler... Mark Hays, outreach coordinator for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, compared the movie to a "good fable.It essentially seeks to entertain while touching on more basic truths," he said. "The basic truth here is that global warming is real, itâs happening today, and there are going to be impacts that hit close to home here in Maine." Better pay attention to him. Heâs an "outreach coordinator". To Jon Reisman, it is all just so much hype. Reisman, associate professor of economics and public policy at the University of Maine at Machias, said environmentalistsâ activities around "The Day After Tomorrow" fit a pattern in the development of climate change policy. "To get it on the agenda," he said, "you have to make people think something terrible is happening." A professor said this!? He obviously didnât get the memo... Posted by: tu3031 2004-05-28 |
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