Are We All Just Acting Out Superman's Origin?

For some strange reason, it occurred to me recently that Al Gore and the rest of the environmentalists have been playing the part of Jor-El (Gore, Al?) just prior to that fictional scientist sending his infant son, Kal-El, away from the doomed planet of Krypton. In each case, attempts to get the attention of the reigning power structure (the Bush Administration here, the Science Council there) were not only unsuccessful but also treated with scorn and contempt, despite the fate of the planet hanging in the balance.

Now, I don't believe that Gore has an infant son that he can rocket away to another planet just as ours goes down the toilet, but by the same token you wouldn't think that we'd need to repeat the sort of mistake that's foretold in one of our best-known myths, either, now would you?