<div>The director of "the Age of Stupid" is not a guy, given a meaning of this word to be "a male." When this film came out last year, I repeatedly posted information to Vision2020 about it, specifically referring to the director, Franny Armstrong, who also directed such noteworthy films as "McLibel" and "Drowned Out." </div>
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<div>Read about Ms. Armstrong and her film making efforts at website below</div>
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<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.spannerfilms.net/people/franny_armstrong" target="_blank">http://www.spannerfilms.net/people/franny_armstrong</a></div>
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<div>Some people toss the word "guy" around in a gender neutral way, as in "you guys" referring to a group of men and/or women. But when specifically referring to the director of a film, to call them a "guy" I think in most people's minds indicates they are a male.</div>
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<div>I did not watch the video you posted a link to, given I have far more professional and in depth sources to spend my limited time studying, regarding what is required to address lowering CO2 emissions. However, I did a quick search on the 10:10 campaign and found a different video on YouTube regarding "The Guardian's 10:10 climate change campaign," which I did not watch either, but I suspect refers to the major United Kingdom newspaper "The Guardian."</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314UCvMmgrU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314UCvMmgrU</a></div>
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<div>For anyone serious about considering plans to lower CO2 emissions to address anthropogenic climate warming, I recommend study of the following plan from the Earth Policy Institute for lowering global emissions 80 percent by 2020, or read NASA climate scientist James Hansen's book, 'Storms of My Grandchildren." There are numerous professional and in depth sources addressing this problem, but these two sources are certainly worth consideration.</div>
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<div>The Earth Policy Institute has discussed "tax shifting" to encourage less reliance on fossil fuels, and James Hansen has advocated a "fee and dividend" plan. Peculiarly, these alternative plans to "cap and trade" are rarely discussed in mainstream media, as far as I have noted. James Hansen has specifically stated that "cap and trade" is a flawed approach.</div>
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<div>I have posted information on the Earth Policy Institute plan and James Hansen's plans repeatedly, yet I do not recall anyone on this list ever responding "onlist" specifically to these sources:</div>
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<div>Information on Earth Policy Institute's "80 by 2020" plan:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.earth-policy.org/datacenter/pdf/80by2020doc.pdf">http://www.earth-policy.org/datacenter/pdf/80by2020doc.pdf</a></div>
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<div>James Hansen on "fee and dividend" plan as discussed in a New York Times article "Cap and Fade." The article title makes it rather clear that Hansen does not promote "cap and trade:"</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07hansen.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07hansen.html</a></div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/30/10, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Rumelhart</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I just stumbled upon this (may contain disturbing images):<br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UHN3zHoYA0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UHN3zHoYA0</a><br>
<br>It's a video about the "10:10 campaign" that encourages people to cut<br>their carbon footprints by 10%, with a rather remarkable punishment for<br>those who aren't willing to do so.<br><br>This isn't a small-time production, either. It's directed by the guy<br>
who directed The Age of Stupid, it's written by the screenwriters that<br>wrote "Four Weddings", it has a soundtrack provided by Radiohead, and it<br>has a cameo by Gillian Anderson of X Files fame.<br><br>While I'm not blind to the humor involved, is this really the message we<br>
want to get across? Play ball or die? I mean, I'm willing to conserve<br>energy and reduce gasoline usage without death threats. I just don't<br>think that "climate change" is necessarily the Armageddon it's made out<br>
to be, and this makes me wonder about the people pushing that particular<br>agenda.<br><br>Anyway, take a look and let us know what you think.<br><br>Paul<br><br>P. S. I'm *really* hoping that Ted didn't get issued one of those red<br>
buttons...<br><br></blockquote></div>