Movies aren't real?
The Energy Future Coalition launched a new website to refute the "science" portrayed in the Fox sci-fi film The Day After Tomorrow. The group's new website, www.dayaftertomorrowfacts.org, provides solid data point-by-point to refute the claims made in the movie.
Is the EFC concerned that Americans will think TDAT is a documentary? One might hope that even the most non-scientifically minded American won't fear that the planet can really go from zero to ice age within a week. The Coalition clearly isn't holding out similar hope.
Now, I respect the EFC and their mission; they're probably one of the most even-keeled environmental groups out there. With the exception of this initiative, their policy (for the most part) consists of an even mix of environmentalism and reality, under the theory that somewhere between "what we would do in a perfect world" and "what we do now" is a middle ground that will make positive progress for the environment.
In fairness to the EFC, the fact that some groups still refuse to admit global warming exists (or moreover, that pollution isn't bad) may be a signal that people don't know enough about the phenomenon. If anybody is going to educate the masses, I'd much rather EFC do it than their more extremist counterparts.
I suppose my main problem is that EFC didn't address my two major concerns about the movie: 1) the horribly (but expected) cheeseball script and 2) the horribly computer animated wolves randomly roaming New York City.
I'm happy to wait while they address these glaring omissions.
Is the EFC concerned that Americans will think TDAT is a documentary? One might hope that even the most non-scientifically minded American won't fear that the planet can really go from zero to ice age within a week. The Coalition clearly isn't holding out similar hope.
Now, I respect the EFC and their mission; they're probably one of the most even-keeled environmental groups out there. With the exception of this initiative, their policy (for the most part) consists of an even mix of environmentalism and reality, under the theory that somewhere between "what we would do in a perfect world" and "what we do now" is a middle ground that will make positive progress for the environment.
In fairness to the EFC, the fact that some groups still refuse to admit global warming exists (or moreover, that pollution isn't bad) may be a signal that people don't know enough about the phenomenon. If anybody is going to educate the masses, I'd much rather EFC do it than their more extremist counterparts.
I suppose my main problem is that EFC didn't address my two major concerns about the movie: 1) the horribly (but expected) cheeseball script and 2) the horribly computer animated wolves randomly roaming New York City.
I'm happy to wait while they address these glaring omissions.
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