Editor's note: Robert Redford is an award-winning actor, director, producer and founder of the Sundance Institute and Film Festival. Redford also is a businessman and philanthropist and has long supported various environmental causes.
Robert Redford: "America is ready to kick the oil habit."
SUNDANCE, Utah (CNN) -- Today the American people are way out in front of our leaders. We're ready to face our toughest national challenges, and we deserve new and forward-looking solutions and leadership.
The recent surge in gas prices has touched a raw nerve for many around the country, reminding us of an economy that is increasingly uncertain for the middle-class, a growing addiction to oil that draws us ever closer to dictators and despots, and a fragile global position with a climate that is increasingly out of balance. I believe America is ready to kick the oil habit and launch a new movement for real solutions and a better future.
Something is happening all across the country. People are coming together and demanding new answers. A grassroots movement is gathering today to promote solutions, like renewable fuels, clean electricity, more efficient cars, and green buildings that use less energy -- all of which are exciting alternatives that rebuild our communities even as they cut pollution and create good jobs. And, when people come together to invest themselves in building a better future, we are not only helping to solve our energy crisis, but we are taking back our democracy itself.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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7 comments:
does th is sound like a load of shit, or is it just me?
yes, apparently Redford will be marketing a line of "green" cars, kinda like what's his names pasta sauces.
Fools; people will never give up what they already have, not willingly. Green design will never sell unless it pampers us better than what we have today, children do not discard their candy for fresh spinach… at least not here in Gods country.
scott your point was so perfectly given!
You get an A+
these guys make me laugh. how much fuel is used by all the chartered jets these celebrities fly around in. How much energy is used to heat/cool their gigantic mansions? What is the fuel efficiency on the limos that cart some of these fools around? I'll tell bobby this, if he wants to buy me a hybrid car, I'll drive it.
the hipocracy of these jokers always gets a giggle out of me.
I was about to say that I was offended by the lack of meaningful content in the story. If all there was to the story was the above 3 paragraphs, then I'd say: Shame on CNN for publishing such fluff. But it turns out it's just the first three paragraphs of a 500-word opinion piece. The purpose of the article was to promote the website KickTheOilHabit.org, which is a joint effort of environmental groups and others.
As for hypocrisy, I don't know... Most multimillionaires and billionaires live lavish lifestyles, and few of them are celebrities. Some of them fund groups such as CEI (link), whose motto is: "Some call it (CO2) pollution; we call it life." You can't call these CEI guys hypocrites -- but are they better???
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