Is Anyone Listening to Al Gore on Global Warming?

I think highly of Al Gore and even voted for him in 2000. I also think highly of his warnings regarding global warming. Living in a New Orleans surburb probably has a lot to do with the last statement since I saw a great city virtually destroyed by a storm that many of us think was fueled by a much hotter-than-normal Gulf of Mexico. We believe the extra heating was the direct result of global warming.

But is anyone else listening to Al Gore's warnings? Certainly not down here in the New Orleans area. I am repeatedly shocked by the gigantic size of the pickup trucks that people are buying down here. I know the pickups are less expensive than they would normally be due to the near bankruptcy of the automobile companies. And I also observe that there is an awful lot of money floating around down here due to insurance settlements, reconstruction work, and plain old government handouts. So the money to buy whatever you want in the way of automobiles/trucks is available.

Still I was hoping that folks would put 2 and 2 together and figure out the giant pickups are not good for the environment. Such is not the case.

So, all of Al Gore's data and warnings are being ignored here. I have not traveled outside Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina (2005). Are you seeing the same thing in your areas?