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Bonne vivante. Raconteur. Procrastinator.

"The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place, we are entering a period of consequences."
- Winston Churchill

(No, I'm not just talking about Maths).

Yesterday was our much-anticipated Physics excursion to the Rivoli Cinema to see Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' as part of our Alternative Energy Sources unit. Yes, we crossed over to the dark side that is Camberwell (by dark, I mean highbrow and snobby, cough cough). Well, any excuse to escape the deadly clutches of a GM* test.

After the first period which felt strangely like a sixth, we were bussed to the cinemas.

The cinema was filled with pensioners, and us hoodlums ploughed in exuberantly clutching our $4 (I remember when they were $2.20, those money-hungry corporate swindlers) Choctops and $6.50 popcorn (we were coaxed into buying the medium in lieu of the small for a *mere* 50c!).

Following an hour of two of shocking statistics, painful projections and nightmarish animations (sorry, I ran out of alliterations), we were gripping our seats in terror. Everybody was truly freaked out. Example: if Greenland, Antarctica or a combination of those were to melt, which, by the way, is very soon at the rate we're going, the sea level would rise by 20 feet. No, this did not have the shock factor until I converted this mentally to 8 metres, thanks to those stupid Americans. But this figure means that half of the country of Indian will be underwater, displacing about half a billion people. The entire city of Beijing would be fully engulfed by this terrible flooding, which would surely affect several million lives. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Pauline shivering. We were then treated to a detailed animation of the flood water seeping up the continents, amidst shouts of "Dear God, no! Make it stop!" coming from the students around me.

By the end of the film, we had seen the horror of it all (no, I'm not referring to the occasional instances of shameless propaganda for Al Gore). It was the end of the era of frivolous use of electricity on our parts, and the end of our ignorance. Empowered, we vowed to make a difference, because, according to dear old Mr Gore's line and bar graphs, it is really and truly possible.

In fact, last night has seen many physicists sending MSN chain messages - much to the annoyance to our selfish, unenlightened peers - desperately pleading them to change to renewable energy. It hasn't worked so far, but I guess I shall keep you updated...

Yesterday was another end of an era, when I looked at my MSN space for the last time. It was deleted in order to make room my heart for Blogspot. Please take a moment to remember my dear MSN space. Lest we forget.

-Mel

PS. Seriously though, go Green (no, I'm not talking politically) and switch your energy account to renewable energy. I believe it is at no extra cost and is easily done online. Make the difference.

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