At least some Presidents listen...

Al Gore was in France to show "An Inconvenient Truth" to France's National Assembly.

After seeing the film, Parliamentary President Jean-Louis Debre RealVideo said, "This movie must be the starting point for a new awareness regarding the seriousness of global warming, including for French politicians."
While welcoming the former U.S. Vice President, Jean-Louis Debre warned, "To affect public opinion is one thing, but to convince decision-makers is another." And if Debre really wants to convince his colleagues and friendly political leaders about the dangers of global warming, he certainly has a difficult job ahead. Thanks to Al Gore's film and his visit to the Assembly, Debre will seek to implement a carbon compensation measure. This consists in compensating for CO2 emissions by financing projects that release far lower levels of CO2 (a novel and difficult task for a place as ossified as the Assembly).

Some polticians get it. Why can't W?