Global Warming and Politics

For many years now Al Gore has been a major activist when it comes to stopping "global warming". Gore has produced an Oscar winning film called "The Inconvenient Truth," the problem is that not all of his facts within the movie may not be correct (The Express). Some believe this movie to be an attempt to brainwash children so that they become scared of the consequences that may be produced by global warming. Although many believe Gore's film to be very helpful the fact that he uses some false information to get his point across is not the way to go. Gore claimed that melting glaciers could raise sea levels by 20 feet in the near future. This statement was refuted by many scientists who believe that a 20 foot rise in sea level won't happen until at least another millenium(The Express). Gore also claims that Hurricane Katrina, the drying of Lake Chad and the loss of snow on Mount Kilimanjaro are all results of global warming, the problem is his lack of evidence to back up all of these occurrences.
Al Gore is seen by many as a major political figure and people buy into his beliefs. Which is a good thing, because global warming is a huge problem and we need to start taking steps to fix it. I've stated in earlier entries that if a major figure is able to voice his opinion on global warming he may be able to get many people people to follow his lead. This is exactly what Al Gore is trying to do, but Al Gore has also has become the reason why people shy away from even caring about global warming. Gore claims that he is trying to stop global warming yet he lives in a 10,000 square foot Nashville home, with 20 rooms, not to mention he has another 4,000 square foot home in Virginia (USA Today). For someone so avid about global warming living in these large homes isn't the best way to conserve energy. Along with living in these large homes Gore does not use what he himself calls "green energy" which he has advocated for in every household. If a household pays a few extra dollars a month they can be powered by "wind energy" which is much more energy efficient then what we use now (USA Today). When asked why he didn't use this type of energy even though he advocated for it, Gore said "he was working on having it implemented in his homes" (USA Today). Now that doesn't sound like a person we want being the role model for ecology in our country.
The fact that Al Gore is a true believer in global warming and the fact that we need to take steps to fix it is a great thing. The fact that he himself does not take the necessary steps to help the situation is not a good thing. People look for someone important that can relate to when it comes to major topics in our world. The problem is when they find out that person is doing things that go against what they claim to believe in, as in Gore's case, those people lose belief in the situation as well. This country needs global warming activists who actually take a stand on the arguments they make, not ones who explain the problems and then contradict themselves by doing exactly what they tell others not to.