Yay unfortunately – people will grab on to anything to justify their inability to change. There's only one Earth. Don't use it up!

Posted by: Deb Voller | July 11, 2007 4:36 PM

Think I agree with you, Deb. I was cursing Channel 4 after this programme came out - all the people who took it seriously were precisely the people you'd expect to want an excuse to be lazy. It really made me mad.

It frustrated me at the time because I'm not a scientist myself, so felt unable to make a firm decision, but as soon as I found out the facts weren't actually sound and that people's words had been taken out of context I knew what I believed. Sadly, few people will think about it that much.

Posted by: Abi | July 11, 2007 5:21 PM

I agree with both of you. I know a fair few people who use the documentary as their "proof" that global warming isn't real. So I'm afraid it's a yay, it was propaganda and it did people people an excuse not to change their lifestyles for the planet.

Posted by: Caroline | July 11, 2007 5:42 PM

I'd agree as well. I sat through the whole mess, trying very hard not to blow a blood-vessel.

The trouble is that being on television somehow gives a cause more credibility, in particular if it's seen as a "dissident" one, albeit dangerously irresponsible and false, such as that of the global warming/climate change denial industry. That concern regarding climate change has become fairly mainstream in the past few years only works in the favour of deniers and those who don't want to change their lifestyles, as they can act like the minority, and thus be subversive, in a "Help Help I'm being oppressed!" way via Monty Python. Much in the way smokers feel, for instance.

I can't recall where I read it, but someone wrote that should nothing happen after all, and we "tree huggers" are found to be wrong, the worst is that we'll just have cleaner cities and better lifestyles. If the other side is wrong, however...

Posted by: Adnan Y. | July 11, 2007 9:18 PM