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Operation Saturation: On the Threshold (Pt 2 of 4)

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Part Two of an update on how the viral idea started by "The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See" and beefed up in the "How It All Ends" video project is progressing. "Operation Saturation" contains some really BAD news, and some really GOOD news. Which do you want first? Well, here's what you're going to get, in four parts:

Part 1: "THINGS LOOK REALLY LOUSY." Some SERIOUS doom and gloom. Yucky, yucky, yucky--but it's not in your interest to look away.
Part 2: "CAN WE FIX IT? YES! WE! CAN!" The GOOD news--it looks like we've accomplished a "proof of concept" that we CAN change the world by spreading this idea of looking at the risk instead of the certainty! Awesome!
Part 3: "HERE'S HOW" Your mission, with detailed instructions. THIS is how you save the world (or--more pertinently--our collective hide)!
Part 4: "GET 'ER DONE!" Even more strategies, most quite easy, most with great potential to multiply awareness.

BIG THANKS TO THE FOLKS AT THE MANPOLLO.ORG FORUMS for help in refining the message!

Links to things mentioned in "Operation Saturation:"

Letter from Shell CEO
http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell-en/our_strategy/shell_global_sce...

Reports
http://securityandclimate.cna.org/report/
http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4154/type,1/

Websites that have sprung up as a result of the videos (none are mine):
www.manpollo.org (discussion forums coordinating several projects, downloads of the vids and scripts, easy viewing of the vids)
www.wonderingmind42.com (downloads of the scripts, easy viewing of the vids)
www.SaveOurHides.com (easy viewing of the vids, sign up for email list)
www.HowItAllEnds.org (easy viewing of the vids)

Facebook group and app:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5523718260
http://apps.facebook.com/manpollo/

"The Most Terrifying Video" with Portuguese subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiZQJ5qMpWA

Download the vids. . .
* med res MP4: http://www.manpollo.org/downloads/medium-res/medium-res.html
* high res MP4:
http://www.manpollo.org/downloads/high-res/high-res.html
* for your iPod
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=272683379
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=272557082

Some press so far:
* The HuffingtonPost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-tonello/you-tube-can-make-a-dif_b_72497...
* The Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/article/281733
* The Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1220/p13s04-legn.html
* The Oregonian (Portland): http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/119770369020562...
* Commentary in the Oregonian (at their request! Cool!): http://www.oregonlive.com/commentary/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1197...
* ABC News website (text story): http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4015371
* KOIN-6 (Portland, OR) TV News segment (aired 12/17/07): http://www.koin.com/Global/story.asp?S=7509689
* "Canada AM" (the Canuck version of "Good Morning America," aired 12/28/07): http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071228/youtube_071228/2...
* Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media (blog): http://yaleclimatemediaforum.org/news/1207_news_youtube.htm
* "Crosscut" blog (12-17-07): http://www.crosscut.com/oregon/10000/The+not-so-mad+scientist/
* ABC News webcast (video posted 1-9-08): http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4110609
* Yahoo Green Blog (featured on the Yahoo.com homepage on 1/11/08): http://green.yahoo.com/blog/ecogeek/244/high-school-teacher-spreads-the-word-...
* Mentioned in Enviro News Network blog: http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/29332
* DeSmogBlog names "TMTV" it's "#1 YouTube Global Warming Video of 2007": http://www.desmogblog.com/the-top-5-youtube-global-warming-videos-of-2007

Sen. Boxer lays the smack down on Sen. Inhofe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdjQjqPB2Yc

Finding out who your lawmakers are (and where to write them)
https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Ways to promote videos or stories:
www.Digg.com
www.Reddit.com
www.StumbleUpon.com

Get the media to ask the presidential candidates about climate change:
www.WhatAreTheyWaitingFor.com

Frank Luntz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v0i4JfJ_Bw
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/view/

Statements by scientific societies:
http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/climate_change/mtg_200702/aaas_climate_st...
www.nationalacademies.org/onpi/06072005.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change

AAPG gets reined in by its members: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Association_of_Petroleum_Geologists

Finding "multipliers" (use 7-day trial)
www.ContactAnyCelebrity.com

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  • I'd buy the book.

    I've watched the whole 6 hours (you deserve a medal dude!)

    Keep up the good work Greg, and I'll keep on forwarding it!

  • Fantastic news for once! You're approach is fantastic. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS!

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  • I just put that book on hold at my public library. I can't wait to read it. :)

    Thank you for taking your time making these videos. I finished the whole How it all ends expansion pack and feel like a smarter person already. Really, I can't thank you enough. It's amazing how much your videos changed not only the way I feel about the whole debate, but how it changed my way of thinking altogether. I'll be spreading the word.

  • @griptick whoa Mr. Science Fiction. You obviously did not watch the videos or read the book. By the time fusion is here (if ever) the GW scenario will have unfolded. He did cover your type in the videos though.

  • I just got introduced to you a week ago. I bought the book. I watched all the videos. I particularly liked your assessment of the hardline skeptics who just want to stop action, and that no amount of evidence will convince them.

  • You havn't really made it until you have been attacked by FOX news! LoL

    So.. Like... who does your make up? (Suggest hire someone else)

  • i would buy the book

  • Does he cover the fact that the future of fusion based power makes all of his argument(and all of the GW arguments in general) completely mute?

  • @griptick no he does cover the arguments against him comprehensively

  • we could all give two shits less ho interviewd you. At least now we all know that your nithing but a mother fucking profiteer sucking off all the fear you generate.

    if i had Anthrax i would send it to you. but im sure global warming would kill all the virus before it got there so what ever.

  • no they dont. well they do, if you exclude all the good ones.

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