Al Gore on Enough Rope
September 11th, 2006
I just saw an interview Andrew Denton conducted with Al Gore, on the ABC’s Enough Rope program.
Al Gore was talking up his new movie, An Inconvenient Truth, and the issues behind it. He spoke with passion, intelligence, authority and good-humour. I’m no longer curious why he lost the U.S. presidential campaign in 2000. It’s a well known fact that people rarely vote for people they cannot relate to in some capacity. And, sadly, the qualities Al Gore displayed in this interview are not ones he shares with most other Americans.
Anyway, I hope he doesn’t get back into politics. That would be such a waste. I want to go see the film, but I’m probably not the target audience. I already convinced the planet is going to rack and ruin. Those of you who think global warming is a crock, go see this so you can shoot in down in flames. Go on. Those of you who are unsure, this is as good a place as any to start a quest for knowledge. And its just a trip to the movies! How easy is that?
I read his book and looked at all the pretty pictures he had.
I’m still not convinced, and neither are most knowledgeable scientists and professionals.
The earths temperature is always changing – sometimes is gets hotter for a few hundred years – that’s not abnormal and it doesn’t mean the earth is going to die.
To know weather global warming is happening beyond the expected range, we would need accurate data over thousands of years.
Hey Levi.
What is the expected range of global warming? I agree, if we had the luxury of thousands of years worth of meteorological data to draw upon we’d be able to make better informed decsions.
But we don’t. So we have to make do with what we have now.
Also, of what exactly are ‘most knowledgeable scientists and professionals’ not convinced? I admit that Gore’s conclusions about the effects of global warming, and the timescale in which they may occur is still open for debate, but it seems to me that no scientist worth his/her salt denies that global warming is a real phenomenon.
Either way, you know what I think is ultimately going to happen, but it is interesting to see how people choose to listen, decide, and take action.