Politics aside, Al Gore isn't likely to win any Oscars for An Inconvenient Truth. Nevertheless, it gets my vote for Movie of the Year. After all, it inspired my family's 2007 New Year's resolution to try to become a carbon neutral household.

To be sure, becoming carbon neutral will involve extra effort, discipline, sacrifice and expense. To varying degrees, so do exercising, dieting and scooping your dog's poop.

Let's be honest with ourselves: most New Year's resolutions fall by the wayside by February; most new gym memberships quickly go unused; and once a couple of extra holiday pounds are lost, so goes the discipline to eat right.

That's why I'm making my carbon neutral resolution so public. I don't want to have any potential inconvenience sidetrack my vow.

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