TED Talks: Al Gore

Al Gore, winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, former vice president, prominent environmental activist, and TED talker. Gore’s TED talk involves what we as American citizens can do to reverse global warming, or as he calls it “Climate Crisis” . His opening speech is amusing, his information is well graphed, his message well received and his meaning sincere. I enjoyed listening to all that he said, with the exception of one slide. Reduce emissions from your home energy use (better design, insulation, green electricity)

According to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research Al Gore consumed 22,619 killowat hours in the month of August 2006. This is more than twice what the average American family uses per year. Personal hipocracies asside, Gores’ message is still an imporant one, considering that the vast majority of Virginia will be underwater before to long if the crisis is not averted.