An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore
"I originally found out about An Inconvenient Truth when it was advertised as a movie, and I was familiar with Al Gore's previous book, Earth in the Balance. It's about global warming, the fact that global warming is going on right now. It's not just something that's coming up; that there is a potential for catastrophic effects.
I've sort of been neutral in terms of the industries I work with to the extent that industry is causing the problem - and perhaps I've been part of the problem. I felt that it tells the truth, and I didn't mind that it was "an inconvenient truth" to some people. It's very well laid out. I think it was targeted for the average person.
I think its main weakness, as I said before, is the fact that its author is identified with the Democratic party, which in turn is identified with liberalism, which makes it difficult for the people who regard global warming as an inconvenient truth to accept it.
I think this is probably the most powerful book that I've read, in the sense of the strength of its message, the urgency that it carries, and the number of people that it will reach. I think I would give it five stars because I think no other book that I've read on the environment has equaled this in power and impact."
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