I suspect the segment on DDT might be slightly off the mark, as many commentators have mistakenly conflated the withdrawal of DDT from usage in some developing countries due to insect resistance with UN political intervention to discourage use of the chemical. (Or then again maybe Phelim and Ann have new info to share). But the segment on Al Gore and Climate Alarmism looks very interesting.
Here's an open letter from the team:
We showed the film at a conference recently and here's one of the reviews we've got:
"The highlight of the conference for me, however, was the advance screening of the new film from Mine Your Own Business's Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney. "Not Evil Just Wrong" looks at how sanctimony and misunderstanding drove environmentalists to stop Africans from using DDT to help save children's lives and how that model is repeating itself in the global warming debate, with potentially even greater tragic consequences. It moved me to tears."
(Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute)
We need your help to get this film into theatres and schools across the country to defeat Al Gore's lies and exaggerations. Hollywood won't help. Al Gore is spreading near panic about carbon and asking all of us to dramatically change the way we live. His prescription- an end to all fossil fuels- will devastate our economies and cause millions of deaths in the developing world.
Not Evil Just Wrong is the film Al Gore and Hollywood don't want you to see. For the first time in history we, the filmmakers, are asking ordinary people to help us raise US $3.5 million to get a film into 150 theatersacross America by September. This will be an extraordinary campaign and every donation counts. Donors of US$1,000 or more will become Associate Producers of the film and their names will be added to the credits. Donors who give more than US$10,000 will be credited as executive producers. If you do not wish your name on the credits just drop us an email at info@noteviljustwrong.com
Al Gore has raised $US 300 million to bombard the world with his message that all the energy in the US should be renewable in 10 years. He is even running his ads during Sponge Bob Square Pants. Our children are watching this propaganda and are being forced to watch An Inconvenient Truth in their classrooms.
Please help us as much as you can to get this film out now.
Chris Hutt (not verified) Says:
9 August, 2008 - 08:24
"if you want to understand climate change, go and see Al gore's film, An Inconvenient truth."
I expect you know who said that James, but for the benefit of those who don't, it was your leader David Cameron speaking at your Bournemouth conference in 2006. Yet you appear to dismiss Al Gore's film as propaganda and subscribe instead to "Not Evil, Just Wrong", a film which, judging from the trailer, is far more akin to propaganda than "An Inconvenient truth".
So where do you stand on Climate Change and our need / obligation to do something about it? Do you acknowledge the strength of scientific evidence backing up the theory of anthropogenic Global Warming? Are you concerned that the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser is warning us that we should prepare for a 4°C temperature rise? You have commented on my recent blog post on this very issue (link on my name above), but without stating your position. I for one am genuinely interested to know what it is.
JMB Says:
10 August, 2008 - 15:11
David Cameron's a nice chap and he'd do a damn site better as Prime Minister than any of the other available candidates. I like a great many of his ideas, but I don't agree with all of them. Conservatism is a broad church, united on the general principle that the people are better placed than big government to solve problems and decide how to allocate resources. Suffice to say I don't agree with David on Wind Turbines either.
But as I've said before: Socialists have a Party line, Conservatives have a philosophy. I'd be interested to know whether the Green party is in lock-step with the Male Principal Speaker and Female Principal Speaker in all things.
I thought my stance on Climate Change is pretty clear from this blog. (Search: Global Warming). But if it needs clarification, then have a look at the following picture comparing the grand-daddy of all Global Warming Climate Change forecasts (via: The Blackboard). Doesn't look much like a warming trend - anthropogenic or otherwise - to me.
Perhaps we can agree on a "consensus" platform, and say that while the evidence for global warming climate change in not compelling, we should continue to seek opportunities to raise the standard of living of the Bottom Billion to ensure that they are insulated from the effects of adverse local weather conditions - floods, droughts, storms - regardless of the underlying cause. And of coure the best way to do that is economic growth, civil society and even dare I say it Social Justice (although I'm still trying to work out what the latter actually means).
9 August, 2008 - 08:24
"if you want to understand climate change, go and see Al gore's film, An Inconvenient truth."
I expect you know who said that James, but for the benefit of those who don't, it was your leader David Cameron speaking at your Bournemouth conference in 2006. Yet you appear to dismiss Al Gore's film as propaganda and subscribe instead to "Not Evil, Just Wrong", a film which, judging from the trailer, is far more akin to propaganda than "An Inconvenient truth".
So where do you stand on Climate Change and our need / obligation to do something about it? Do you acknowledge the strength of scientific evidence backing up the theory of anthropogenic Global Warming? Are you concerned that the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser is warning us that we should prepare for a 4°C temperature rise? You have commented on my recent blog post on this very issue (link on my name above), but without stating your position. I for one am genuinely interested to know what it is.
10 August, 2008 - 15:11
David Cameron's a nice chap and he'd do a damn site better as Prime Minister than any of the other available candidates. I like a great many of his ideas, but I don't agree with all of them. Conservatism is a broad church, united on the general principle that the people are better placed than big government to solve problems and decide how to allocate resources. Suffice to say I don't agree with David on Wind Turbines either.
But as I've said before: Socialists have a Party line, Conservatives have a philosophy. I'd be interested to know whether the Green party is in lock-step with the Male Principal Speaker and Female Principal Speaker in all things.
I thought my stance on Climate Change is pretty clear from this blog. (Search: Global Warming). But if it needs clarification, then have a look at the following picture comparing the grand-daddy of all Global Warming Climate Change forecasts (via: The Blackboard). Doesn't look much like a warming trend - anthropogenic or otherwise - to me.
Perhaps we can agree on a "consensus" platform, and say that while the evidence for global warming climate change in not compelling, we should continue to seek opportunities to raise the standard of living of the Bottom Billion to ensure that they are insulated from the effects of adverse local weather conditions - floods, droughts, storms - regardless of the underlying cause. And of coure the best way to do that is economic growth, civil society and even dare I say it Social Justice (although I'm still trying to work out what the latter actually means).