The other reason is that, if we do the *right* thing, then we're gonna create a lot of...
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[Looking at a picture of a scientist observing a set of scales that hold the globe on one side and a stack of gold bars on the other] Al Gore:
We have here a scales that balances two different things. On one side, we have *gold* bars! Mmmmmm, don't they look good? I'd just like to have some of those gold bars. Mmmmm. On the other side of the scales... um... THE ENTIRE PLANET! Hmmmm... [the audience laughs] Al Gore:
I think this is a false choice for two reasons: number one, if we don't *have* a planet... [laughter] Al Gore:
The other reason is that, if we do the *right* thing, then we're gonna create a lot of wealth, and we're gonna create a lot of jobs, because doing the right thing moves us forward."
We have here a scales that balances two different things. On one side, we have *gold* bars! Mmmmmm, don't they look good? I'd just like to have some of those gold bars. Mmmmm. On the other side of the scales... um... THE ENTIRE PLANET! Hmmmm... [the audience laughs] Al Gore:
I think this is a false choice for two reasons: number one, if we don't *have* a planet... [laughter] Al Gore:
The other reason is that, if we do the *right* thing, then we're gonna create a lot of wealth, and we're gonna create a lot of jobs, because doing the right thing moves us forward."
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We have here a a scale that balances two different things
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On one side we have gold bars
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Mmm Mmm Mmm
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Don't they look good
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I'd just like to have some of those gold bars
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Mmm Mmm
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On On the other side of the scales uh the entire planet
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Hmm Hmm
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Movie Summary
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effec
