Comments on: Living in the Age of Stupid

By: lalone

lalone — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:22:11 +0000

Might be a fine idea to sell the film online, then we wouldn’t have to burn up petrol driving miles and miles to see it at a cinema not near me……

By: Crowcatcher

Crowcatcher — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:55:39 +0000

Anyone who is really interested in the environment should know that with current species extinction rates at 3,000 times the background rate we are already well on the way to the next mass extinction – irrespective of climate change.
This is what Prof. Chris Humphreys of the Natural History Musem said recently :-
“There is not one square kilometre of the Earth’s surface that is not, in some way affected by mans’ presence. That presence is extinguishing species at many times the “natural” rate; with our numbers increasing at an unsustainable rate, our (human) extinction is inevitable”
and Propfesssor Aubrey Manning on a recent BBC World Service programme on population :-
“Forget climate change. Unless we get to grips with the problem of overpopulation then we are doomed”
“The Age of Stupid” I fully concur with, I live next to a local school and see “stupid” every school day, it’s the right result, just the wrong reason.

By: Kaps

Kaps — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:30:44 +0000

I hope this movie will be available on Netflix (or another low-cost movie-seeing option) eventually. Who can afford to go to the theater these days?

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:08:09 +0000

I look forward to seeing this movie. Having said that, I think that the probable disasters we will be facing are facing enough without adding in ridiculous scenarios like the North Sea boiling and I worry that the silly scenarios like that will erode the credibility of the film.

By: Robert Pool

Robert Pool — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:34:53 +0000

WOW. I want to see Age of Stupid. It sounds like a good dramatization of some of the scenarios that have been kicked around.

Is it on UTube?

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:16:34 +0000

It is indeed a very powerful film. As the guest blogger here says, it gives you a sense of urgency, and I saw it in the middle of climate camp! I hope it will have the same affect on non-activists and realise the makers vision of getting millions more to act. We’ll have to wait for general release to see what kind of an effect it has (I suspect most people who seen it so far are involved one way or another)

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:01:00 +0000

Kim, Give Al a break. He’s only giving voice to what the vast majority of climate scientists are explaining about what the facts of their research are telling them. Al didn’t invent this stuff, nor postulate any theory about climate change. You need to open your mind and do some serious research on the subject. As a first question, why don’t you look up the number of glaciers that are growing vs. the number that are shrinking.
You will find that only relatively few are growing. If you dig deeper, you will find a very logical reason for why a few are growing. Try Google.

By: Shelly T.

Shelly T. — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:22:16 +0000

There is a great movie, the Making of the Age of Stupid, at The Guardian. Everyone interested in this movie should watch it, it’s probably nearly as good as the movie itself. I can’t wait to see this movie but it won’t be here in the U.S. until September. I envy everyone who has a chance to see it this spring and summer!
Maybe it will quiet the deniers…. but I doubt it. They seem to be growing in ignorance and desperation.

To the person who is asking why Al Gore won’t “debate” anyone — maybe because he has better things to do. Why would a sane person, for instance, “debate” whether or not the earth is flat? It’s a waste of time. There are other so many better and more productive ways to spend time than beating your head against a wall of stubborn ideology based on fear of whatever it is deniers are afraid of. ….
Reality?

By: David B. Benson

David B. Benson — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:42:30 +0000

Kim — There rerally is nothing left to debate amoung the sane, reality-based community. Read Sidney Weart’s book to discover why.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:01:47 +0000

There are glaciers receding and there are glaciers growing….and on and on and on!! OOOhhhh scary! Why won’t Al Gore debate anyone on the Global Warming subject? He will only say that the consensus is made, so there…. plthththth! Come on Al….. DEBATE!!! Consensus may be there with some, but the science isn’t. I would love to see him debate scientists on this subject and then I could take him seriously. He is WAAAyyyyy overcompensating for having lost the election. I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but a Nobel prize and an Oscar….please.