Alec Baldwin & National Geographic Show How Six Degrees Could Change The World

By Kerry Trueman
February 10, 2008
4 comments

National Geographic's looking to light a fire under Americans who have yet to get galvanized about global warming with the premiere at 8pm tonight of Six Degrees Could Change the World. The two-hour documentary, narrated by Alec Baldwin, depicts the drastic consequences we face if the earth warms even a few degrees.

This reality-tv/disaster-movie mash-up shows a future where extreme weather is the new "normal," full of catastrophic brushfires, hurricanes, heat waves, and deadly droughts. Experts cite evidence of the toll climate change has already taken and warn of much worse to come; farmlands turned to desert, oceans reduced to acidic sewers, rainforests destroyed.

One expert assesses the carbon footprint of the American cheeseburger, tallying up the energy it takes raise the grain and then the cattle, milk the cows and make the cheese, and then to "refrigerate, cook and serve drive-by burgers by the billions."

Will Americans be terrified into turning away from their favorite fast food? Tune in at 8pm and see for yourself, if you dare.

Learn more about the changes to our world that each degree of global warming could bring at the National Geographic Channel's nifty website.

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posted on Feb 11, 2008
Minor spelling correction to above should have been Well if you build a city sorry
posted on Feb 11, 2008
I feel that too much angst has been spent on 2005 New Orleans and their fear that it could happen again. Well is you bild a city 23 feet BELOW sea level the answer to the question is DUH! We have treated our planet just like we have treated each other with blantant disrespect and now she is fighting back. It does not matter what we imagine remember truth is much stranger than fiction and we (people) are to the Earth like fleas on a dog. Perhaps "Waterworld" was not as far fetched as we once believed.
posted on Feb 11, 2008
Whoops, there is no preview option. Second line Should be Should we Lora
posted on Feb 11, 2008
I can hardly wait to watch it. I love Alex Baldwin and the National Geographic Society! I am not scared of the truth although many seem to shun it. I love your 'drive-by burgers by the billions'! It made economic sense. But it is deadly. Here is a poem I wrote after watching another film that illustrates the horror of burgers with extreme capitalism! Canada has been up till recently a world leader in health, welfare, and peace keeping. I fear we are loosing that standing by following the U.S. too closely. I still love the US and its many races! I just don't like extreme capitalism! It's Keynes' New Deal for me! Canadian Nation Inspired by Fast Food Nation We have two paths to follow, one south and one east. Should be follow someone compared to the beast? The fast food nation below is inviting us to feast. They will entice us with wealth from their green money tree. A few will get rich, and then brag they are free. Yet many will stay poor in our great big country. My 12 year old daughter, loved books and Pokemons. I fear for her future, as men play green grass lawns. Her stats are high for abuse by power pimp pawns. My 10 year old son had his peanut butter banned To save lives at school. Its hard for youth to stand Against the lure of junk food. Who had this planned? Diabetes, cancer, asthma, MS are out of control now. Or should I say controlled by man made know how. Its time for adults to wake up and have a pow wow. Discuss common sense solutions. Take our foot off the pedal Back off on corruption. Mother nature deserves a medal. She gave to us. We made it toxic. Was life so dull? As a Canadian Nation who has ties to the Queen, We should look to our past and see where we've been. Then put into place, a plan kind and keen. Lora Bruncke