To everyone who helped in putting on the Anchorage premier of Not Evil Just Wrong, I have to say well done. It was a massively successful night considering the relatively short time and lack of any real University support.

The film itself was quite good at achieving the reception it was looking for. Rather than rehash many of the well known arguments put forth by skeptics of AGW, it went for the angle of warning against extreme environmental policies that could severely hinder economic growth both in developed and underdeveloped regions. It argued not solely from a scientific perspective but from an ethical one.

The highlight of the night however was not the movie but the Q & A session. The first questioner took issue with Ann and Phelim's portrayal of environmentalists as anti-human. The producers simply pointed out that the results of their policies were just that despite what they may attest to. 

Another questioner hinted that the US government involvement in the Middle East was due to its addiction to oil. Phelim quipped that the reason the government is there, at least in the case of Afghanistan was due to “19 little shits murdering 3,000 people”. The crowd burst into cheer and the point was well taken.

Not to be outdone by her husband, Ann took on a few anti-industrial assertions about massive loss of bio-diversity (without any evidence of course) and passionately defended their positions. She went through a few examples of Leftist hypocrisy citing groups who flew to Copenhagen to protest air travel, or students claiming to not be in favor of mining while benefiting from its exploits by way of computers and iPods.

All in all everything went far better than anyone expected. The audience left the Wendy Williamson Auditorium with a more balanced perspective and some new information on the complicated issue of climate change. As successful as the night was for the CRs, we hope this is just the beginning and can’t thank Phelim Mcaleer and Ann McElhinney enough for their support and generosity. Whichever side is right on this issue one thing is for sure; Phelim and Ann have respectable motives for what they do, unlike the hypocritical demagogue that is Al Gore.