hey everybody this is todd
i hope you dont mind me writing ive been watching tim the last few weeks hes been knocking his head against the computer day and night getting his movie just right figuring out how to make menus for the dvd figuring out how to make the case and the cover and the label figuring out who to work with to make the dvds how to pay for it and get it done in time and how to get the stuff to them and all that and he hasnt been sleeping well I think because of the screenings coming up and all the deadlines and the news he reads and stuff
so I wanted to help I know one thing tim loves is to keep up with whats going on in the world and to share what he finds he used to have this email list that he sent tons of articles and reports and essays to and he just hasnt had time for that sort of thing any more so I though maybe while hes working on the dvd I could go through his inbox and check out the sites he visits and pass some of that along I think it would make him feel better even though Im not much of a writer ok so here I go
oh sorry about how hard this is to read I dont know how to fix it Im not even sure how Im doing this really I just go into a program and think what I want to say and it gets onto the page somehow but for some reason the punctuation doesnt come through even when I just think about punctuation like if I think of a period I dont get a period I get the word period maybe I need a plug in question mark ha ha ha exclamation mark see what I mean
so theres so much news I hardly know where to start theres the whole climate thing once again theres a new story about how its going faster than predicted and the weathers getting more extreme seasons are shifting which screws up the timing for all sorts animals and plants and the co2 thats going into the oceans is screwing things up for fish and crabs and snails and planktons and the deserts are spreading in africa and asia and thatll lead to more conflicts and unrest and migration and things like that food prices are rising as crops get wiped out and lakes are drying up and birds are disappearing and butterflies are getting churned up thats the sort of joke I know tim likes to make so I put it in for him
but seriously the climate thing is speeding up and getting really scary and even scientists are scared and theyre issuing warnings and stuff but even though theres like this incredible consensus now people still keep confusing the issue and talking from their fear and ignorance and what they want rather than how it is and the government is playing stupid games and the spin-doctors are lining up and the US is still acting stupid cutting funds for climate research while saying it wants to get serious about it which everybody knows is just pure bullshit or at least they should know that the same goes for exxon yeah right and the automakers who are saying that fuel efficient cars will be less safe like theyve never been to europe or anything and everybodys lining up with solutions some people think we need voluntary carbon rationing and others are in favor of rationing like in wartime some people think we need to focus on the political end of things and some think we need to focus on alternatives and conservation and some are sure that biofuels will fix things even though they wont and some think organic farming is the key and some think rock concerts will help and some think we need some high tech answer like sending our extra co2 into space and some think we should just all become robots and get off planet and things like that but most of these solutions are just focusin