I'm sitting here knitting a cap for my bald friend and co-worker, Stephen, and I'm watching NOW on PBS.
Shrub said in the State of the Union that we have to reduce our use of gas by 20 percent in the next 10 years. Did I dream that? Did I enter a parallel universe temporarily? I actually agree with a man who can't say "nuclear" properly? Personally, I think that percentage should be higher, but it's a start.
An Inconvenient Truth has been nominated for an Oscar. Yay! Go see the film. Go read the book.
Laurie David, producer of the film, was interviewed, and she talked about a lot of things. The thing that struck me first was that after viewing the film, lots of people told her that the film needed to be shown in schools in America. Sounds good, right? She thought so, so she contacted the National Science Teachers Foundation about giving them 50,000 free copies to distribute. Sounds logical, right? Their response? "No thanks." Why? They get funding from Exxon Mobil, among other organizations. Yep, made me choke on my tea, too.
Sigh. At least she got her husband to put a hybrid car in his show.
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