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AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER + AL GORE
Friday 11 Aug 2017
19:15 to 23:00
Basingstoke Vue Cinema, Festival Square, Basingstoke
England

Join Bob to listen to Al Gore live in conversation followed by a screening of the film An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power at the Vue Cinema in Festival Square. The sequel to An Inconvenient Truth shows us that an energy revolution is close to hand.

The film starts at 7.15pm.

Meet in The Angel Wetherspoons bar at 6.30pm for a drink or snack beforehand. Look for Bob or the Active Hampshire Table Tent.

Even if you can't join us ... tell your friends about this film. Climate Change is way too important to be left to our politicians alone.

Basingstoke Cafe Scientifique will also be having a talk on "Climate Change" by Professor Keith Shine from University of Reading on Monday 25 Sept 2017 at 7.30pm. This free public engagement talk is part of Basingstoke Green Week and is open to everyone at The Tea Bar in London Street.

Review of the film from IMDB (by A.N. from CA): I'm in full agreement with Gore about the gravity of global warming, but I'm not sure if a film like this will sway those already entrenched in denial. He, as messenger, is terminally mistrusted by the simpletons who really need to be swayed. I also don't like him preaching the virtues of the Environmental Industrial Complex, which has abandoned pretenses of protecting nature from human impact and shifted toward grabbing electricity at the expense of natural landscapes.

There's too much talk of how we can save the planet by industrializing Earth's dwindling open spaces, as if everyone agrees it's a necessary sacrifice. There's no proof that wind power, a very diffuse source of electricity, will make much difference. Germany's experience with Energiewende is a good example. Actual CO2 reductions have been scant and the countryside has lost its character via machines dominating scenery that used to host churches as the tallest structures.

Every time I see cameos of giant wind turbines looming over fields and mountains, I think people are making a huge blunder called business-as- usual. Man has a history of trying to solve one problem by creating another; in this case the aesthetic destruction of nature. Wind power also presents growing threats to bird & bat populations and human health via infrasound and other irritating noise. The industry denies that it's a real problem and reminds us that nothing can be truly ugly except coal mines. Who are they kidding?

It would be much better to see Gore Inc. focus entirely on smaller footprint technologies like solar and new prospects like Deep Geothermal, which combines the best of oil drilling technology with greener thinking. Instead of desecrating the Earth's surface, we should aim for energy sources that don't occupy more land or ocean space.

I'd have more hope if the average person didn't waste so much energy with things like unnecessary engine idling, and using more lights than needed. They still mainly care about price, not changing longstanding habits.

Venue Link:

https://www.myvue.com/cinema/basingstoke-festival-place/whats-on

Contact:	Bob Clifford, 07811 289586 (bob_clifford@email.com)
How to find us:	Meet Bob in The Angel Wetherspoons at 6.45pm

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AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER + AL GORE