Somehow, hearing about the risks of global warming from the former Vice President of our country carries a lot more weight than hearing about it from people who preferred to bathe in their own sweat than water and smelled distinctly of marijuana most of the time. I grew up in a part of the country surrounded by flower-child communes dedicated to returning to a more natural way of life to help save the planet.

The concept of global warming is nothing new to me. Without the restrictions of office, Gore offers an enlightened, honest view of a major environmental concern for our planet and comes across as someone who genuinely cares about our future.

If Truth winds up being the only thing Gore does in his post-political career, his losing the Presidential Election just may have been worth it. In the documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore admits that environmental banner issues like global warming are difficult for an active politician to get involved with because it immediately pigeon-holes them into a dangerous area for a political career.

An inconvenient truth dvd