Al Gore 3.0: Al Gore in a Rolling Stone interview:
The fact that oil is beginning to get more expensive more quickly will contribute to the realization of how dysfunctional our current pattern is. Take the tar sands of western Canada. For every barrel of oil they extract there, they have to use enough natural gas to heat a family's home for four days. And they have to tear up four tons of landscape, all for one barrel of oil. It is truly nuts. But you know, junkies find veins in their toes. It seems reasonable, to them, because they've lost sight of the rest of their lives.
As Lincoln said in the darkest days of America's darkest passage: 'We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.' Our biggest challenge, our biggest foe, is thrall. The word sounds ancient, but it means anything that imprisons our thinking and prevents us from seeing the reality of our situation. We're in thrall to oil. We've got to break out of it. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we will save our planet.
(Via Dan's Outside.)
Today, I understand the mistake I made in 2000. I didn't vote for Al Gore. In my defense, my vote coming from California would not have made any difference. And Al Gore was not as clear then as he is now. Al, you have come a long way and clarified your positions. Today, you would get my vote.
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