Wide Angle

07/23/2008 :: 10:50:24 PM
Elsa Kendall Says:

This was one of the most eye opening insights to this problem I’ve seen. Sun’s visionary approach and the governors’ desire—all three of them, to save their rain forests—was both inspiring and uplifting. Achmadi’s emotional response to the necessity of his own burning to make a living, and pleading to God to show him what he should do, was a poignant and honest look at the plight these farmers face. Aaron Brown’s interview with Tom Vilsack was excellent. Five stars all around. I’m so grateful I happened across it and I will share it with many, many people.

07/24/2008 :: 11:10:01 AM
Isaac Wantland Says:

This is ridiculous, scary, sad, frustrating, and unfortunately, unstoppable. Americans are going to give their money, earned from progress and development, to people across the world, to do nothing. It’s like global welfare, with the offshoots being a “conservation army,” decreased sovereignty, and a global market for the sale of air futures. Darjee San is an apocalyptic genius selling an immeasurable product that he does not own. Most Americans have no clue how this will impact them after 2012, when Kyoto expires and Bali takes over. We will simultaneously be subsidizing US farmers to plant more than necessary (and thereby consume more land here) while paying foreign farmers to do nothing. This endless cycle of us “polluting” and then “paying” is a thinly veiled attempt to “criminalize” progress, promote laziness, prevent innovation, and redistribute America’s wealth. Amazing! This is snake oil on a global scale. It is unstoppable, as big name players like Merrill Lynch are already behind it. The saddest part is most Americans are clueless to the entire situation. The only question I am left with is how can I get a piece of this “trillion” dollar pie?

07/24/2008 :: 01:51:38 PM
BOB MOELLER Says:

This program turns out to be a commerial for Mr. Sun’s company selling carbon credits. If you watch real close, these carbon Attorney’s are having a real problem in not laughing out loud when discussing these contracts. one thing for sure they will laugh all the way to the bank, thats for sure.It sounds more like a con, than anything else or it could also be considered black mail. I know why Merrill-Lynch is in the tank, with Idiots like these running a company. Sure glad I sold my stock a long time ago.

07/24/2008 :: 05:50:44 PM
James Jordan Says:

This is the planets most significant problem currently!Global warmineg,is progressing much moore rapidly than the ‘Majority of ” Scientists” anticipated. We are at the gratest CO-2 levels in over 7000,000 years, and this does not include ” methane”, that takes approximatly 200 tears to break ” DOWN!! We produce it, as do almost all living enteties !There are billions on tons,trapped in the Tundra of Aladska and Siberia !In 2006 Russia had a forest fire in Siberia almost the size of Pennnsylvania.This will release the ” Methane!In Greenland temperature rise was recorded at over 7 degrees greater than ever before, in 2007 !!! This is not the two little to three degrees we speak of. Hundreds of square miles in the Andes are now “Iceless”, compared to 1935 !!! We must address ” Global Warming”, now, we really do not have the 50 years many “Scientists Believe “! With ” Geometric Progression!!!”, the temperatures will rise much moore rapidly than anticipated. America needs to lead, as we have in the past. No more plastic ” BAGS!!! Cut co,2 and methane, public transportation is needed, new technologies (Do not Destroy “los Alamos”, and “Sandia National laboratories, they do much moore than defence work, as the “Democrats” would have us do! NASA can be of great research benefit including our private sector !!!In “The Wilson Quorterly”, there is an article on population growth, at over 6.5 billion ” Homo, Homo Sapians, this adds a new demension to previous “Planet Earth warming!”. Our last warming was the Asteroid that wiped out the dinosours 165 million years agoe, the previous thee were CO-2,& Methane. The bacteria that caused this has been identified! The warmer it gets the more there is of it.No apathy!Let’s have a sense of “Urgency!” James Jordan

07/25/2008 :: 01:24:11 AM
Barry Olson Says:

Mr. Sun may be a business man but at least he’s trying to help. I encourage Bob and Isaac to please share their insights toward a better solution with the rest of us. I’m fresh out of ideas. There must be some way for us to be content on this planet without destroying it in the process.

08/06/2008 :: 09:23:49 PM
Jim Bowen Says:

Forests, or the land they reside upon, are the econonomic base of those who live near them. in this case, Dorjee managed to take a “deforestation for profit” model and turn it into a “forest protection for profit” model. In my opinion its brilliant creative thinking.

08/23/2008 :: 07:10:52 PM
Aaron Loyd Says:

I agree with Barry. What’s unstoppable is the thinking of people like Isaac who seem to see pollution as someone elses problem. It’s amazing to me that Isaac seems to suggest the rest of the world is lazy and should progress. Progress to what, isaac? Ours is not a sustainable solution. UNLESS…we pay to keep other parts of the world from “progressing” to the point of our pollution levels. That’s what carbon credits are all about. Sure, it’s a tax on us and our industry. But it’s a necessary evil.
And Dorjee Sun is not trying to sell anything. He admits in the documentary he owns none of this. He is trying to broker a sale. And I applaud his vision. I hope he earns millions.

10/05/2008 :: 09:46:53 PM
Agustina Says:

I was never a fan of carbon credits because they provide little incentive to pollute less, and they further reinforce the perception that poor farmers just trying to feed their families have of politicians and business as greedy and corrupt. Unfortunately governments have been unable to provide effective solutions to the problem of global warming because they only focus in the short term. The refusal by the US delegation to sign this agreement is a perfect example of why nothing is being done. Issac is wrong when he says that we will be paying foreign farmers to do nothing. Their job will not only give them a sense of ownership but improve their quality of life and provide protection to thousands of acres that otherwise would be destroyed. If people see that their participation matters and makes a difference they are more likely to support these efforts. These farmers are not stupid, they know that burning the forest degrades the environment but many see no other alternative. The destruction of forests around the world is not something we can continue to ignore or see as someone else problem. We need leadership and we needed it now. No one benefits from burnt down forests.