Humans face extinction claims star
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio sent out a message about global
warming at the Cannes Film Festival.
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The heartthrob has made a film, the 11th Hour, warning that human
beings face extinction as a result of the environmental crisis.
At a press conference in the South of France following the screening,
The Blood Diamond actor, 32, attacked US President George Bush,
saying: "It's very simple. He's done very little for the environmental
movement."
The Titanic star's latest film, which he narrates, follows another
environmental warming documentary by former US Presidential candidate
Al Gore, shown at the Cannes Film Festival last year.
DiCaprio defended Gore from criticism over the amount of energy he has
been reportedly using to jet around the world and to run his home.
"Don't shoot the messenger", he said. "This person is trying to relay
a message to the public and the way that he travels should not be
splayed out like that."
DiCaprio said it should be oil companies that came under scrutiny and
that the Government should make systematic change.
The US star said he took steps in his own life to reduce global
warming, telling the famous film festival: "I do try to live my life
in a green manner. I have installed solar panels in my house and the
car that I drive is a hybrid one.
"But it's more about the day-to-day things, being conscious about
being a consumer, about looking to endorse green technology. People
ask, 'what can a hybrid car do?' It's not about that. It's about being
a consumer, the choices you make everyday."
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There may come a time when the CO2 police will wander the earth telling
the poor and the dispossed how many dung chips they can put on their
cook fires. -- Captain Compassion.
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not
on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away
with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone
are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices
me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS
Celibacy in healthy human beings is a form of
insanity. -- Captain Compassion
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMcharter.net
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