Gore: Climate Change Situation Has Not Improved Since An Inconvenient Truth

AL GORE wants to make a sequel to his Oscar-winning documentary on global warming - and despite Earth's "rising fever" he is still hopeful for a happy ending.

We are, he says, all players in deciding the outcome.

Despite the success of his film An Inconvenient Truth and last year's Live Earth concerts in raising awareness, the former US Vice President believes little has changed where it counts and the situation is even more urgent.

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Comments

[ohiomark]

Ok Uncle Al, since all your "good work" has yeilded ZERO change except making you alot richer, let's assume that more of that "good work" will continue to make you richer and STILL not effect the temperature of the planet.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
That would make Al Gore insane, but rich.

[Gasparilla]

Gore cannot singlehandedly effect change. He can help point out the problem. I think the definition of insanity is your post.

[not one of the sheep]

Then why won't the new self appointed messiah debate anyone credible on the issue of global warming. Simple, he'll be exposed publically for the fraud that he is. Follow the money.

[Gasparilla]

Let's follow it, shall we? Should we address the fact that Exxon Mobil has spent millions on denying global warming?
http://www.democracynow.org/2005/4/22/report_exxonmobil_spends_millions_funding_global

[julieeiluj]

Just about everyone i know, as individuals, are doing their part to curb their carbon input. Until government makes it illegal for car manufacturers to build giant gas guzzlers, until they have to build vehicles that get better mileage, and on and on and on. No movie or newscast will do it. It will take governments, our government in particular, to act.

[UnbiasView]

Let me guess . . . you live in California?

Why do you want to have the government make things illegal that you don't like? What's next, you cant live in a house over 2,000 sq feet because some tree hugging hippies say so?

[Gasparilla]

The price of oil is an economic and security issue. We are sending money to countries that are hostile to our interests and our citizens have little left to spend on other discretionary things like restaurants and vacations, which affects the employment rate. But if you want to send money to those countries, that's up to you.

[ohiomark]

We really don't need to send oil money to the middle east. There is all kinds of oil under Alaska, Colorado, Utah and off the coast of California and in the gulf of Mexico. China is drilling in the gulf.

If all these enviro-weenies would just get out of the way and let us drill, the price of gas would come down.

[UnbiasView]

Agreed but that isn't the reason that most want to ban SUVs, it's usually because they have a hybrid, are smug and think they know what's best for you.

[UnbiasView]

If there was ever a good reason for Gitmo to stay open Al Gore is it. Please somebody who knows him just tell him to shut up for a minute.

[nekeb]

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[majormoderate]

Maybe Gore flying around the world in private jets hasn't had such a positive impact on the environment.

I kid of course, he probably takes the train or something.


Thank you and goodnight.

[mrdontplay]

Here is another inconvenient Truth.

BUSH STOLE THE DAMN ELECTION.

Here it is we are all screwed up and you Mr. Internet Al Gore, what did you do about it?

While we were out protesting and trying to bring forth justice, what did you do?


Did you solve the problem? Already there are reports that in NH and NY primaries there are questions.

[FredOCal]

It saddens me that people still try and tie Al Gore to the false reports that he claimed to invent the internet. It is common knowledge that he never said such a thing. Here is the CNN transcript of that fateful interview:http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/
and here is one of many sites that debunk this fabrication that also mention Vincent Cerf's defense of Gore: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp
Can we please stop promoting a lie?

[Gasparilla]

Cerf, called the "father of the internet", also said this in the May 08 Esquire about Gore. "Al was attuned to the power of networking much more than any of his elective colleagues. His initiatives led directly to the commercialization of the internet. So he really does deserve credit."

[not one of the sheep]

Waahhhhh, Waahhh, Waahhhh.

[julieeiluj]

Just imagine if Biff had not stolen the election. We would not be living in this alternative universe. There would have been a 7 years of healing the environment. We would not have been attacked on 9-11. There would be no wars. We would not be paying over $4.00 for a gallon of gasocrap. No tax cuts for the wealthy...Ahhhh, what a marvelous dream. "Wake up Julie, time for another aspirin."

[UnbiasView]

How would Al Gore stop 9/11 may I ask? The terrorists came in under his watch and Clinton had the shot to to end Bin Laden before he started . . . he back down.

I know if Al Gore was President the suicide rate would be about 200% higher because of his constent preaching.

[JacobSinger]

Perhaps Al's national security adviser would have paid attention to the intel stating that bin Laden was determined to attack, possibly with jetliners! And if the 200% suicide rate is made up of boneheads like you, then there'd be no complaint from me.

[ericheller]

"Global Warming cannot skip the line of human rights, poverty and WAR as biggest concerns to humanity."

I urge you to reconsider because there's no telling how ugly war, poverty and human rights struggles will be in a world of climate disaster. It'll make the 20th century look like the minor leagues, brother.

Eric
http://www.changeany1thing.com

[mrdontplay]

I think you'll find we aggree more than you think.

I just think this whole global warming think is a sham and a scam and will end with higher taxes paid by commoners.

It looks and smells like one. Magically everyone has a conclusion on exactly what is wrong with the earth? These same geniouses couldn't figure out the common cold or AIDS or CANCER or ya know the things that are REALLY KILLING PEOPLE EVERYDAY.

The problem is not anything about WARMING this is a stupid red herron to keep the Americans as they should be, confused.

The problem with the environment has already been figured out.
No news conference required, we figured it out back in the 80's and called it what it is, POLLUTION.

All we need to do is simply identify and stop pollution and polluters.

That's it.

You see the problem is IGNORANCE.

Stupid Gore just spent like 300 million on some global warming marketing BS campaign. WTF?

300 Million on commercials? And there are one Million Americans who are in foreclosure?

Also remember that GORE had the character that caused him to choose JOE LIEBERMAN as a running mate.

This proves he can be wrong when it counts most.

[Gasparilla]

You're all over the road here. You claim the "global warming think is a sham and a scam", and yet you declare the problem to be "pollution." What is your point, exactly? If we address pollution, then we are also addressing global warming.

[totalliberal]

Hey Eric! Wake up. Ever heard of doing more than one thing at a time.

[ericheller]

I was commenting on someone else's point.....

[FreedomCorpse]

Al, expecting something to come from a series of ads on the boob tube, is plain stupid. Where's your plan on putting light rail all over the country and in all major cities? Oh, and China and India corporations just laugh at your bs they will pollute to their hearts delight with all our manufacturing YOUR administration and the last 28 years of crappy politics sent away.

[UnbiasView]

How would any administration plan on forcing China or India to do anything? You people act like if we go to them and say can you tone down your pollution and destroy your economy for us?

I believe they would give us the finger.

[1will]

Remember when pollution meant Kepone and toxic waste instead of CO2?
Maybe if Al does a new movie he can make it a bit more accurate than An Inconvenient Truth. It's a shame the British Courts had to order the removal of 20 minutes from this "Documentary" before it can be shown in classrooms.
20 minutes. That's a hell of alot of lies and twisted stats in a 90 minute movie.

[JacobSinger]

The only lies about this come from shills like you who don't have enough sense to walk and chew gum at the same time.

[FredOCal]

I have been searching for any reference to this and it seems that all I could find was a comment that mentioned this ruling went the other way. Please shed some light on this.

[Gasparilla]

Here's the light. The judge had some doubts about some things that could not be proven, according to the judge. But he did call the film "broadly accurate" and said it "is substantially founded upon scientific research and fact."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/10/12/britain.gore.ap/index.html

[FredOCal]

Thanks. The comment I read said the same thing. It looks like there is still rampant hatred for anything Clinton/Gore related. It was horrible they way they caved into the demands of the Republican Revolution, which got us into the financial mess we're now in, but I'm doubtful that is the reason for the vitriol/lies we are seeing here.

[mrdontplay]

Here is an inconvenient Truth:

Global Warming cannot skip the line of human rights, poverty and WAR as biggest concerns to humanity.

Pollution must stop yes. But this crazy "global warming" trend is stupidity.

Why are we so focused on this when we haven't first solved any other problems.

[JacobSinger]

What a completely clueless position to take; have you not been paying any attention at ALL?

Everything about global warming is "iffy", at least in terms of how fast it is going to overtake us; the accelerating melt rate of glaciers is a very strong indidcator that we could be off drastically on estimates of how this will happen, and unilaterally so--the strongest possibilites point at a much faster rate of decline.

The bottom line is this: if we don't start on the extremely difficult task of changing what needs to be changed, then it will likely over take us, and is worst case scenarios the concerns you're on about won't matter, as every solution you've come up with will likely become undone and the world we live in will be far more of a challenge to simple exist in, much less make progress.

There are only two elements of stupidity associated with global warming: 1) those who say it doesn't exist, and 2) those who dismiss it as an issue to be dealt with later.

Your stated "Inconvenient Truth" is nothing more than a convenient delusion.

[Gasparilla]

You are correct. Bangladesh is one of the world's poorest nations, and they are losing land to the sea at an accelerating rate. Global warming will make their problems infinitely worse, along with other nations that will be struck with more drought. See Australia, in the grip of a multi year extreme drought, as an example. Our own Southwest as another. We need to tackle global warming and overpopulation at the same time. Ignoring those while we address "other problems" is insanity.