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Message: CKF Film Friday No. 6: Al Gore Predicts The Future In case you didn’t watch or hear about Al Gore’s challenge to citizens of the Untied States yesterday, our film Friday brings it to you in its entirety. What is Gore’s challenge? He wants the U.S. to generate all its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2020. Quite a challenge, but achievable through existing technologies now that oil is over $50 a barrel. Will his desired audience listen? If the comments on YouTube—where the video is posted—are an indication, we are at about 50/50 yes and no. Here are some of my favourites: The Chinese have forged a deal with Cuban leader Fidel Castro to explore and tap into massive oil reserves almost within sight of Key West, Florida. At the same time, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who controls the largest oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere, is making deals to sell his country?s oil to China, oil that is currently coming to the United States. This person’s answer is to invade Cuba and piss off the Chinese—not very good strategy for a host of rather obvious reasons. Another was more thoughtful, even startling, but their conclusion takes a nasty turn for Gore: What it takes to make ethanol: It takes about 600 pounds, or about 10 bushels of either Wheat, or Corn to fill a 25 gallon tank of gas. You would get about 3 tanks of gas per acre with Wheat and about 9 tanks of gas per acre with Corn. What it takes in grain to fill up an SUV one time, could feed a person for up to a year. How large a carbon foot print is crated to grow and harvest an acre of Wheat or Corn? Starving people all over the world thank you Obama and Al Gore. Then there are the inevitable arguments over the validity of global warming: We must remember that it is the TREND that matters. Any given year might be warmer or cooler than any other, especially within eight years. Let’s consider that global warming has raised average temperatures a degree or two, therefore we are not necessarily going to feel it yet, but more sensitive environments, especially those in the polar regions - due to global heat distribution - are warming faster. Just as NASA, NOAA, or any truly credible foundation will tell you, the trends do not lie. My favourite piece of paranoia makes references to the movie “There Will Be Blood’s” long straw metaphor: Absolutely, and I know in 50 years we will be. I will be dead by then, so I’m worried about today. Its upsetting Honda just came out with a hydrogen fuel cell car, I constantly hear, “see, we don’t need to drill”. Fact is, that car will not be into production for 10 more years. How many more years after that before electric power plants are running on hydrogen fuel cells? China is right now 30 mile out from our border horizontally drilling the oil we are not allowed to. If you follow this person’s line of thought the Chines will soon be beating the U.S. over the head with a bowling pin. Enough of the commentary: here is the Nobel Prize winner speaking for himself. Enjoy. www.corporateknightsforum.com