March 21, 2007
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Al Gore
Al Gore visited Congress today to testify about global warming.
He told Congress that there was a “true planetary emergency.” He also said that “the crisis threatens the survival of our civilization.” He told Congress that the “planet has a fever.”
Republican Joe Barton, the leading Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, told Al Gore “You’re not just off a little, you’re totally wrong.”
Another representative referred to Al Gore as a prophet. Here is the link: Link
Is Al Gore totally wrong or is he a prophet?
Comments (149)
prophet. it’s about time someone pointed this out to everyone!
Wrong, what’s happening to our planet is just it’s natural cycle.
-New Kid
I can guarantee that as soon as he left congress, he got into his limo and took a personal jet home.
between
Yes he is the prophet of demagoguery.
Neither, he’s just a politician.
totally wrong!
well, he’s definately NOT a prophet.
he’s ranting about the end of the world? If he’s a prophet, so is the homeless guy outside my office.
Well, he’s not a prophet, but he sure as hell isn’t completely wrong. Yes, this is a cycle for our planet, it’s gone through all this before, but we’re still polluting the hell out of it. We’re killing animals, people, and using up natural resources that aren’t going to be there in a while. Something needs to be done.
Too many humans on the earth exhaling CO2.
But it doesn’t surprise me that a republican told him he was completely wrong. In all honesty, they don’t seem to care about the earth one bit.
the earth needs help.
I just think he’s making a logical conclusion based on the glaringly obvious problems surrounding us. But no, I don’t think he’s a prophet.
Uh. Neither.
Not wrong, and not a prophet, but I think there’s truth to what he said.
y do people not seem to realize that earth is not an infinite resource? that we need to take care of it. that we’re in the process of global warming? but a lot of people are in denial and its like. uhh. we need to do something.
so like… i just think he’s right. no prophet though.
Anyone who says either is going to give me the gigglies. We’re fucking up the planet, yes. But Al Gore, a prophet? Give me a break. Isn’t this the guy who said he invented the internet?
He should put the ozone layer in a safe LOCK-BOX. XD XD XD
Neither.
He’s a dumbass.
Aren’t most politicians demagogues?
LOL, a PROPHET?!? That’s hilarious. He’s as much a prophet as Hillary Clinton is the messiah!!!!
Unless, of course, you want to call him the FALSE prophet. I wouldn’t laugh at that statement…
Global warming is a natural cycle, but we are speeding up the process at a ridiculous/horrific pace. There is truth in what he says and I think he has more power to actually get the point across more than a lot of other people.
He’s popular.
0 or 1 hmm, well neither, but whether you like him or not, there is global climate change, and some is natural, and some is very much our doing. What good reason is there to continue polluting at our current rate? What good reason is there not to better manage our resources and respect our environment. We cannot help what is naturally occurring, but we sure can help what is human damage to the earth.
But it doesn’t surprise me that a republican told him he was completely wrong. In all honesty, they don’t seem to care about the earth one bit.
Posted 3/21/2007 9:24 PM by Hair_Like_Lace
I care about the earth… but I also know for a fact what’s going to be the end of it, so I’m not REAL worried about pollution.
Gore is neither a prophet nor is he wrong. Simply put, Al is dead right.
But what a tilted proposition, Dan. Rather than furthering any rhetorical question netutrally (with an eye towards rational discourse), you flaunt your bias.
I would add that I am a meteorologist, and I’ve been through many more climatology courses and seminars than the average person off the street.
LOL. The thought of Al Gore being a prophet is absolutely hilarious.
Global warming is the result of natural geological processes, although I’m sure gas emissions aren’t helping us. We’re also due for a magnetic pole switch sometime soon, so global warming is only one of many things the Earth’s population should be worrying about.
well, its not so much that global warming doesn’t exist. it does, and the temperatures can testify to that. but the real question is that is it because of man? or is it the natural cycle of the earth?
“Aren’t most politicians demagogues”
Yes they are, and that is way i don’t learn my science from them. they lie
0 or 1 hmm, well neither, but whether you like him or not, there is global climate change, and some is natural, and some is very much our doing. What good reason is there to continue polluting at our current rate? What good reason is there not to better manage our resources and respect our environment. We cannot help what is naturally occurring, but we sure can help what is human damage to the earth.
Posted 3/21/2007 9:30 PM by wxcruiser
There is a tradeoff between clean technology and economics. World-wide, strict regulations against industrial polluters will mean less money being pumped into that country’s economy– and for those living in poverty, more suffering (with less money going around). Picture stunted, stick-thin children starving in China. Of course, all this has to be balanced with the long term considerations of ecological degredation.
I don’t know what the hell is happening in our atmosphere
wxcruiser
So what temp will it be in Seattle next week? And why
that should be easy for and one more thing why is mars and Venus both expearencing “climate change as well? They are getting warmer to
it’s a bit obvious that global warming is happening but Al Gore a Prophet? No way almost everyone admits it anyways. Prophets ideas usually face opposition by society
Not a prophet; just desperate to stay in the public eye so he found a convenient bandwagon and jumped on.
Global warming is the result of natural geological processes, although I’m sure gas emissions aren’t helping us. We’re also due for a magnetic pole switch sometime soon, so global warming is only one of many things the Earth’s population should be worrying about.
Posted 3/21/2007 9:32 PM by bigbrownbaginsideazoo
How would you, then, explain the scientific concensus that global warming is human-caused AND happening? How is it that a layman, as yourself, top these experts?
Global warming is a cycle like silked_sheets said, but that doesn’t mean we can cut down on the CO2 a bit.
People expect Earth not to change.
We were once covered in ice.
The world’s not going to end, people, unless we blow it up ourselves.
Anyone who says either is going to give me the gigglies. We’re fucking up the planet, yes. But Al Gore, a prophet? Give me a break. Isn’t this the guy who said he invented the internet?
He should put the ozone layer in a safe LOCK-BOX. XD XD XD
Posted 3/21/2007 9:27 PM by bittersunday
CO2 and O3 are very different molecules.
PROPHET? Wow… how many times have we heard that politicians shouldn’t play scientist, yet Gore does it without question and it’s excepted without real study? I’ll listen to arguments on global warming when it’s from nonbiased studies that aren’t receiving money to figure out how to fix it, but figure out what truth really is. Gore is no prophet.
Last I heard, the thing causing global warming was THE SUN.
He’s way out there.
Gore is neither a prophet nor is he wrong. Simply put, Al is dead right.
But what a tilted proposition, Dan. Rather than furthering any rhetorical question netutrally (with an eye towards rational discourse), you flaunt your bias.
Posted 3/21/2007 9:31 PM by precession
That’s a strange accusation about bias, given the obvious bias of the statement.
Global warming is a cycle like silked_sheets said, but that doesn’t mean we can cut down on the CO2 a bit.
Posted 3/21/2007 9:37 PM by Tallon5
Are you fucking retarded?
Comparatively, human industry emmits more CO2 than natural processes beyond the hundred-fold. It is very clear that national standards and international cooperation can regulate industry and their pollution. Just look to CFC’s and how we, along with the rest of the world, were able to quiclkly and decisively avert any ozone layer disaster. We can, and ought to do the same for CO2 emissions.
“How would you, then, explain the scientific concensus that global warming is human-caused AND happening? How is it that a layman, as yourself, top these experts?” — Depends on which experts you listen to. There is no concesus unless you read New York Times exclusively.
Global Warming is a natural process..
but we have become catalysts to this process.
He’s in between.. those options are extremes.
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That’s all I could think of… I don’t like politicians and I don’t understand global warming! Thus, all makes my head spin..
That’s a strange accusation about bias, given the obvious bias of the statement.
Posted 3/21/2007 9:42 PM by JAM4the1Lamb
The instance of my “bias” and my “accusation” were presented as seperate ideas. The first setence is a summary of my sentiments, and the second, is my take of Dan’s post connotatively.
AlGore changes his hair as often as he changes his mind. – Who knows what to believe from him.
hahaha – he is SO WRONG
The instance of my “bias” and my “accusation” were presented as seperate ideas. The first setence is a summary of my sentiments, and the second, is my take of Dan’s post connotatively.
Posted 3/21/2007 9:47 PM by precession
Just pointing out the oddity of remarking about Dan flaunting his bias after the remark. But I can appreciate it as being your take!
Dan, why don’t you care about the planet? Why do you make this into a political issue?
My bet is on false prophet…
Prophet.
Of course the Republicans would say that he’s wrong, they’ve been trying to downplay global warming for more than i can remember. If anyone thinks Al Gore is being too dramatic needs to really wake up and step outside a little more. It’s pretty obvious that the world IS under fever.
I also recommend him to watch An Inconvenient Truth. Though, I’m sure Gore had already suggested that. And I’m also sure that the suggestion was never carried out.
If he is a prophet I say we take him out and stone him.
Interesting tidbit about global warming, twenty years ago the same reasons were cited for a global freeze. Interesting isn’t it? Are we going to freeze or roast?
prophet? No.. profiting yes
Al Gore…I could say alot about him…I have a very hard time listening to a man that spouts off about “global warming” but he himself has a large private jet that he flies all around and 4 very large homes…of which use a tremendous amount of electricity…if he is so concerned about the environment…why is he so environmentally unfriendly…the man makes my skin crawl.
Now I am a conservative and I am very concerned about our environment try to do what I can to be “earth-friendly”…as far as all this “global warming”…it is a natural process…we were having Global Warming” way back before there was much more than cavemen and dinosaurs…its called the Ice Ages ending…I agree that there are a lot of things that we do to harm our Earth…but I think that we don’t give our Earth the credit it is due…it is a lot more resilient than we give it credit for…it has been around for millions of years and has endured more chnages and still remains….
Again I could go on…but I will stop there…
uh, maybe he’s a little of both
I cannot even stand to look at him or hear him speak. Don’t want to waste my time on this earth thinking about him.
He’s not a prophet, but he is a hypocrite. Didn’t someone find out that his home, cars, etc. cause three times as much problems to the earth than the average? I figure if he cares oh-so-much about the earth’s wellbeing he’d start making changes with himself before advising everyone else.
“Former Vice President Al Gore refused to take a “Personal Energy Ethics Pledge” today to consume no more energy than the average American household. The pledge was presented to Gore by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, during today’s global warming hearing.”
Interesting!
All due respect, Al Gore is a complete idiot.
uhm, neither?
A prophet for our environment.
These ecological issues aren’t addressed as seriously as they should be. I saw ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and it was one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen. The claims he makes are based on pure scientific data, not propaganda. We need to be more conscientious about how we are treating the environment we live in because it is the [only] one we’re given.
And about his use of electricity and such, he does everything he can (using ‘green’ energy like solar panels & energy-efficient cars) to decrease his contribution to pollution. People, find out your facts before making comments…
hes not wrong and hes not a prophet… hes just saying what many scientist have said before, however, now there is much more evidence now then a few years ago. Im sorry, i dont care who you are… but with the glaciers melting and the sea level rising and more hurricanes than ever – id call it global warming but others might call it a “climate change” or shift, but this shift is caused by us, by humanity industrialization and pumping gases into the evironment.
- Daniel (doubledb)
The Earth has a fever. Quote of the freaking year.
Can I vote in the negatives? This guy needs a -100 vote
Wasn’t global warming disproven?
Hmmm…
He is NOT a prophet, he just has common sense.
It’s global warming. Even if it is just a weather cycle, so was the Ice Age.
Yes children, that means we SHOULDN’T just blow it off.
-Jacob
The republicans are just trying to keep us citizens from blaming them for any MORE catastrophies.
So why not just call global warming a myth?
Silly conservatives.
-jacob
Al Gore is no Moses, but he’s not wrong.
We should be environmentally concerned whether Al Gore is full of bullshit or not.
He is borring.
Our planet has a fever…
and the only prescription is more cowbell
although cows create large amounts of methane which is a greenhouse gas
he should go before the UN if it is truly a planentary emergency
He’s an inconvenient goof.
“global warming disproven”
No but it is on its typical 1500 year cycle and the modern co2 rates are not higher than it has been far enough back. And in those days of higher co2, warming was not more extreme than when it was when it was lower
Neither. If you actually look at the evidence, what’s happening to the Earth’s environment is incredibly dangerous and virtually irreversible. Republicans stand for Big Business, and Big Business is going to have profits cut if they have to try to meet stricter standards, ergo the Republican party as a whole is going to try to downplay global warming. [Hopefully some individuals will wise up].
There aren’t really questions of whether global warming exists or not, or what is causing it, or even what we are capable of doing about it – those have all already been answered. The only real questions are how long those who are going to lose money from it can convince everyone else to ignore it, and how long before it is too late anyway.
totally wrong
“global warming disproven”
No but it is on its typical 1500 year cycle and the modern co2 rates are not higher than it has been far enough back. And in those days of higher co2, warming was not more extreme than when it was when it was lower
Posted 3/21/2007 10:38 PM by trunthepaige
The ratio of CO2 IS however, higher than it has ever been since humans have existed as a species. And the second part of your statement is a complete lie. If it was following a normal cycle it should have proceeded much more slowly than it has, and it should have begun cooling off again at this point – it’s only getting hotter. Pretty obvious why too: if we emit more gases through the use of automobiles and a million other items we all use every day, while we destroy forests and rainforests – which are responsible for reabsorbing CO2 [and furthermore, destroying them actually releases additional CO2], then a kindergartener ought to be able to figure out that we’re going to have more and more Greenhouse gases piling up in the atmosphere.
neither. he is truthful.
but the truth is scary; and the human species has never been known for listening to the truth when it is so scary.
Our planet has a fever…
and the only prescription is more cowbell
Posted 3/21/2007 10:31 PM by PSUnited1
I realize that this is a very serious issue, but I couldn’t stop laughing at that.
The earth is getting warmer, It is not due to humans. Anyone that thinks that the earth is in trouble because of humans, is also saying that God created such a weak planet that puny humans can destroy it. Anyone want to tell God he built it wrong? I am sure that the God of the universe is going to want to hear from you.
Al Gore looks like he drinks too much…
yes, he is a prophet and I am the patron saint of fatness.
By Biblical definition he is NOT a prophet. Unless you’re referring to a false prophet and the Bible has warned us several times [like, 26 out of 27 New Testament books talk about it] that such false prophets will emerge, therefore we shouldn’t be surprised.
He pollutes more than anyone else almost. So, I’d say he’s just a hypocrit.
I’m curious how we know that the earth has cycles that last 1500 years or however long. And how we know that CO2 rates are no higher now than when they were at their highest points in history? Where is the time machine that the scientists used to travel back in time with their thermometers and other scientific devices and measured the temperature and the CO2 saturation in the atmosphere. WHERE is it and HOW COME we don’t know about it, but we just have to accept these “facts” as, well, facts?
Al Gore is a tool. I can’t say that he’s entirely wrong, because I’m not qualified to make that assessment. (And by the way, neither is he.) He’s a famewhore. That’s basically it.
Al Gore is right.
Yes, the world is going on a cycle, but since we pollute it so badly, it goes into extremes. What I mean by that is now the earth is going to get hotter than it usually gets, which will of course kill off everyone, but when it drops and gets colder than it ever did, it will freeze the rest of us alive.
I support Al Gore 100 percent
He’s wrong in that he thinks it all our fault, and we’re the big causes, and if we stop what we’re doing we can save it all. Hog wash. What we do contributes such a miniscule amount. By saying that the Co2 will make the planet warmer over time is as vague as saying that sometime in the future, there will be a war.
Neither.. he’s right though haha.
Gore is.. that is. not the other guy
WORLD had a comic in it of Al Gore walking out of a jet plane to go talk to Congress about Global Warming.
LOL! Niice PSUnited1, more cowbell…
He is a legend in his own mind.
There is nothing prophetic about it. It is scientific fact.
he’s completely right, but a lot of people would be prophets for believing that
neither. he’s right, but he’s just saying things that people [should] already know.
I don’t usually take him seriously, but on Global Warming, I do.
Totally wrong.
Our world has been messed up. Everything we put onto this earth, is not only killing the planet, but as us as well. Plus, Al Gore shouldnt be talking. I looked up to till I found out about his electricity bills ><
Anyone who wants to say that global warming isn’t happening is downright idiotic, and I for one would not want any politician like that, one who denies problems. It’s better to have politicians who exagerate problems, and even then, I do not think global warming is exagerated in the least.
-David
Toilet paper or vaseline. One of the two.
wtf hax
Labeling Al Gore as a prophet is just going too far. He’s a POLITICIAN, and the fight is going to be difficult for him no matter what because of goddamn politics.
He’s not completely wrong. Al Gore has a point, and it’s about time SOMEBODY pushed the global warming issue further onto the surface.
Anyway…global warming is a natural cycle. We’re making the process worse with the constant over-polluting. I care, and so do other people. But only time will tell, whether we have enough people caring about the situation or not.
prophet just a slong as he doesn’t run for president
I think he’s trying to fight for something that everyone else is too scared, or stubborn, to want to take a serious look at.
Al Gore is a prophet. I have a picture of him in my dorm, I pray to it several times a day.
He should act like he thinks there is a crisis as opposed to railing on us and congress to act. What size house does he own? Does he use air conditioning? I think there is validity in some things he says, but when a volcanic eruption can influence the weather more than we have for our entire existance on the planet, I think you have to take man-made global warming with a grain of salt. The other question that many people have not asked…if true, is global warming a problem? water rises, ice melts, a few animal species die…tis is a natural cycle as well.
I think the scientific community would agree that he is not wrong. I’m not sure that makes him a prophet, however.
What I don’t get is this: Even if you aren’t entirely sure that the consequences would be what Gore is predicting, why would you risk ignoring the warning? If what he says is true, we will make the planet uninhabitable for our future generations. Why would you take that risk? Why would you be willing to gamble on your great-grandchildren’s lives?
The fact is, it is in our best interest to find alternative fuel sources. Our supply of fossil fuels will run out and we need to explore other possibilities. Where is the harm in doing that?
It is in our best interest to conserve fuel, as well. This saves us money and prolongs the supply of fuel. Where is the harm in that?
What argument is there against conservation and using cleaner fuel sources? I can’t think of one, unless all your money is in fossil fuels…
He’s right, but he’s not a prophet. Other species (like the polar bear) are already starting to become extinct because of it. Their homes are melting, causing them to drown, have fewer cubs, and more cubs can’t survive.
Actually Al Gore is Carbon Neutral. He Buys enough green energy to make up for any energy he uses. He’s an example.
What an unbiased question.
He’s not totally wrong, but he’s not a prophet, just someone with a good enough platform to talk about something he believes in.
he is a jerk !
“False prophet” fits best imo.
AlGore changes his hair as often as he changes his mind. – Who knows what to believe from him.
Posted 3/21/2007 9:47 PM by Randy7777
Lol, I was wondering if you still have the same mullet from the 80s?
AlGore changes his hair as often as he changes his mind. – Who knows what to believe from him.
Posted 3/21/2007 9:47 PM by Randy7777
Lol, I was wondering if you have the same mullet from the 80s?
he’s just an old man preaching the obvious to other old men who are little more than idiots.
Other species (like the polar bear) are already starting to become extinct because of it. Their homes are melting, causing them to drown, have fewer cubs, and more cubs can’t survive.
Posted 3/22/2007 5:45 AM by masarhi
OMG…that is soooo not true at all. Polar bears are at the highest population they have been since we started recording their numbers…come on.
As far as all this global warming stuff goes, all I see is how people are talking about cycles and this is or is not natural. Let’s be realistic about this. Everything about global warming is speculation. It’s not like Ancient Egyptians had a thermometer on the sides of the pyramids and kept a calendar saying today was hotter or colder than the same day as last year. Yes, we can make assumptions about the weather in the past but the truth is we are NOT positive what the weather or temperatures were like. Therefore how can we as people or “scientists” be so vain as to think we know without a doubt what kind of cycles the Earth has or how long they will take?
Personally, while I think that Global Warming *could* be an issue and we should be careful about wasting natural resources, the only thing we know for sure will kill off this planet is the day the sun goes bye bye.
Well, he’s NOT a prophet. So…given the choices…he’s totally wrong.
He is not wrong: there is an international emergency.
He is not a prophet: the emergency is perfectly obvious to everybody except American republicans.
Al Gore needs slim fast. And he is an idiot. But global warming is certainly an issue worth debating and doing something about. Check out Glacial National Park and you will see one of the reasons it is something to be concerned about:
“Vast quantities of fresh water are tied up in the world’s many melting glaciers. When Montana’s Glacier National Park was created in 1910 it held some 150 glaciers. Now fewer than 30, greatly shrunken glaciers, remain. Tropical glaciers are in even more trouble. The legendary snows of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro 19,340-foot (5,895-meter) peak have melted by some 80 percent since 1912 and could be gone by 2020.” Taken from This Site
- not to mention the polar ice caps. They melt… Hello waterworld.
Global warming is a natural process. We might be having an effect on it but no one has given me any believable evidence that we are actually a significant affect on the pace at which it is warming.
I do not understand how the party of unsubstantiated hype, and trying to kill the United States and its economy; that would be the democrats, became known as the party that is cared about the future of the world. The Republicans tend to be more forward looking and not believe the hype that the Democrats do just so they can get elected.
The highest estimated temperature increases that I have seen are 9 degrees Fahrenheit over the next 100 years. That change would make a difference but we would not notice it if we did not have our advanced thermometers and our detailed records. We really are freaking out too much over Global Warming.
Neither?
There was truth in what he said, but he’s definitely NO prophet.
My Opinion….Yes it is a cycle the Earth has gone through before, but we’re feeding the cycle and making it worse. Our biggest problem is getting everyone to work together to solve the problem. We humans are too selfish for that unfortunately. I’m not sure where this will all go…but I do know one thing. Watching An Inconvenient Truth gave me chills to the core because I’m a Christian and I read the bible and I could not ignore the similarities between the projected resuts of this trend and the prophsied events found within the book of Revelations.
Just to clarify, I don’t believe he’s prophet per se…but I do think he’s speaking many truths.
Neither
If he was an ACCURATE prophet he’d have never have snubbed Clinton’s backing during the presidential campaign….
We shall see.
PROPHET? LMAO!!! That is absolutely hilarious!
Is he totally wrong? I have no idea- I’m still too busy freaking out about the shortage of chocolate!
it’s not like he discovered the science involved in this. he’s just famous enough to make people pay attention to the problem. for that, he deserves credit.
he’s let his little documentary fame get to his head. now he thinks he’s mother teresa for the planet. give me a damn break.
Al Gore is a hipocrite. He preaches about global warming and how we need to change, but have you ever seen his electric bill? Or how many gas guzzlers he owns or how often he takes jets to and from different engagements????? My point exactly. Don’t preach to me if you aren’t first going to set the example.
wrong. Hah.
hes compiled some powerful information that would indicate global warming…then he added his own retarded insights, and distorted everything.
some of it is true, but he’s still a terd.
he’s neither a prophet brings a message from a dream….or i believe that’s the definition. Al Gore is just bringing up a topic that has been around for quiet some time and getting serious about it. And no i do not believe he is wrong. I believe that if the human race does not change there actions we will destroy this earth. Don’t believe me just take a look at a graph of temperatures this winter……they spiked and dropped like crazy, there’s a serious problem
With all due respect, Mr. Gore is not a scientist. He is a politician with a political agenda. His political agenda doesn’t work so he is cloaking this agenda behind so-called scientific data. What he cannot do politically he is attempting to do by scaring the American people with his flawed “science”. Servantforever.
He is a little of both.
Have to give him credit though for get our attention off of Anna Nicole Smith.
Funny how the media ruins the minds of people.
Global warming is real. I don’t care what you people say, There’s evidence.
he is a man who is truly convicted by what he is spreading, and the facts he presents make his theory just that, a theory. Like gravity.
al gores a poltician not a scientist.
Al Gore is neither. He is simply a human being responding to signs from our environment, and someone who is passionate, rich enough & well-known enough to be able to spread the word. Whether you like him or not as a person, what he’s trying to motivate people to do is important to every life on this planet.
I think Al Gore is a moron.
He’s stupid
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
But this is only confirming what I have been saying all along (and my mom, haha): global warming has become a RELIGION, which all the anti-capitalists can turn to now that the Berlin Wall is down. Haha.
global warming will make so many new beaches for us to tan on! plus I can make use of this boat in southern ohio.
wasn’t he called “the Goracle” earlier?
The earth has a fever? I’ll bet the only cure…is more cowbell
I’m gonna say totally totally wrong.
neither