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Originally Posted by GGG
The problem is that to fight global warming requires us to increase the cost of energy and travel. That sacrifice will not be felt by Leo and company. So he is asking everyone else in the world to reduce their standard of living in order to fight this problem but won't even take the first step because he can afford to buy offsets.
Its hugely hypocritical. I'm not asking for zero footprint. But fly coach, drive a tesla, buy greener power, do the little things to show you are making an effort to reduce footprint rather than offset the footprint. Its easy to preach about global warming when you don't care about your power bill
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I don't see it that way.
In the movie itself he admits he probably has a bigger footprint than most people on the planet, and that he understands that there are billions of people who want the kind of life that people in the US have been able to enjoy for the last 100 years.
In many ways he represents a very concentrated version of the core dilemma. We don't want to give up our great quality of life, nor do we want to deny that from others... but what can be done?
I thought the movie was actually quite good. I didn't enjoy the credibility it lent the Sierra Club, or that it did not mention Nuclear power a single time, but the message is largely on the mark and his speech at the end was excellent.