The Alleged Global Warming Crisis
If you haven’t yet seen the Competitive Enterprise Group’s television spots attacking Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” (which opened in Denver last week) it might be worth your time. As Pat Joseph wrote in the Sierra Club's Compass blog, “You really have to watch the ads for yourself to appreciate just how farcical they are. It’s hard to believe they’re not meant as self-parody.”
You can view the two ads from the Competitive Enterprise Group’s website, and you might also check out Global Warming Watch’s counter-ad.
Incidentally, "An Inconvenient Truth" was the 11th highest-grossing film last weekend (nearly $1.5 million), up 9% from the week before as it expanded its run to 122 theaters. Its per theater average blew the socks off of everything out there except the brand new animated release Cars. It's now showing in Denver at the Mayan.
Thanks for the link to my counter-ad.
The CEI ads are freaking amazing. They were trashed by the very scientist they cite. I hate linking to myself, but I wrote about them here:
http://coloradolib.com/2006/06/and-you-thought-hostel-was-scary.html