is it hyperbole that the best scientists available to Al gore stating that new York will be under water or is the stuff of science fiction, clearly beyond all doubt they were wrong.
I can understand somewhat the scepticism when outlandish predictions of pending Armageddon are peddled, and then dont come true
(there is probably a better way of saying that, but I hope the point isnt lost).
But reasonable people should be able to take a step back and assess the underlying message.
Perhaps start with the mundane, the obvious and work up to the big picture rather than relying on the sensationalists.
For instance there is are very good, obvious reasons why we dispose of our waste in bins. And very good reasons why in recent decades have moved to separate our waste into different bins.
Growing up in Dublin in the 1980's there were very good and obvious reasons why smoky coal was banned. There are very good reasons why the petroleum and motor industry moved to take lead out of the fumes of vehicles, and very good reasons why the motor industry is moving from petroleum to electric powered vehicles.
When you consider the moves to invest more and more in green, renewable energies, it doesn't take a scientist to figure that there are very good, obvious, reasons for it.
And as for Al Gore, there were probably very good reasons why, in 2006 aged 58 (nearing retirement and probably unlikely to ever hold a position anywhere as prestigious as vice president of the United States) decided that in order to maximize publicity and raise awareness of an issue close to his heart, his documentary would need to contain some outlandish predictions - to raise funding to make his documentary and to ensure a $$ return for his investors.
Bums on seats!
But that shouldn't take away from the very good, obvious reasons, why the way we operate globally in the production of goods and services needs to be radically overhauled.