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Who says liberals don't have a sense of humor?

How many global warming videos start with "In 1975, two boxes of wine were consumed, one condom broke, and nine months later, a legend was born..."



It's a short film (in five YouTube sized acts) calling for increased fuel efficiency standards. Unfortunately, it kind of falls flat on the call to action part--
I don't see why it needed to be a half hour. I think it works better as an inspirational video for environmentalists trying to get out their message across, since it basically just follows one guy trying to make what, in the end, is your typical celebrity-faces-the-camera-and-tells-us-to-call-congress PSA. I needed to get people's attention, so I...made a PSA? It started out so promising in Episode 1, with Ben Affleck running around in a corn suit and Joshua Jackson threatening to break a baby's arm if Congress doesn't listen...

I agree with this guy that all the celebrities are unnecessary. It would have been funny anyway, and it doesn't help combat the environmentalists-as-liberal-blue-state-Hollywood-elites frame. So I guess my point is, if you've got five minutes, watch the first clip. If you've got fifteen, watch this. I have gots to get myself to a TED conference someday. It makes the thought of going to work tomorrow insanely boring.

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