The Goreacle has spoken

Wall Street Journal

Former Vice President Al Gore repeated his message that climate change is a planetary emergency at the WSJ’s Eco:nomics conference in California. The Nobel-prize winner declined to take any questions from reporters, but he did receive a couple of challenges from attendees, including Bjorn Lomborg. But don’t expect Mr. Gore to debate the merits of how best to tackle climate change anytime soon.

Mr. Gore stuck to his prepared script about the urgency of taking action to curb global greenhouse-gas emissions, down to well-worn phrases he trots out at conferences across the country: America is at “a political tipping point” on climate change, and even if Washington has failed to address the energy challenge in the last 35 years, “political will is a renewable resource.”

But he was challenged by Mr. Lomborg, the Danish skeptical environmentalist who thinks the world would be better off spending more money on health and education issues than curbing carbon emissions.

“I don’t mean to corner you, or maybe I do mean to corner you, but would you be willing to have a debate with me on that point?” asked the polo-shirt wearing Dane.

“I want to be polite to you,” Mr. Gore responded. But, no. “The scientific community has gone through this chapter and verse. We have long since passed the time when we should pretend this is a ‘on the one hand, on the other hand’ issue,” he said. “It’s not a matter of theory or conjecture, for goodness sake,” he added.

As an example, he pointed to a new addition to the budget for the island nation of the Maldives: “Funds to buy a new nation.”

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Any extra land available?

One example of the Maldives, who for many reasons may be looking for another piece of property, used as an example.

The science is anything but settled on this Mr. Gore. Several years ago you popped on the scene and told us it was settled. Scientists were strong-armed into not disagreeing, government contracts were handed out to research global warming - the vested interested had taken hold.

After the initial beer-goggle days, scientists took a step back and began rethinking their positions, and found their voice amist the effort to keep them quiet, and now, a near overwhelming number disagree with your assertions.

Several leading global warming theorists, who accept your nonsense, instead argue - spend the money on actions that will help those most impacted, not on trying to curb something that cannot be altered.

Instead, you march forward, convicted in your beliefs - like the flat-earthers, like the religious who describe the earth as thousands of years old - you too, stand convicted in your belief and cannot imagine disagreement.

You sir, are a fool, a ninny, and a great suck on the lemon of life.

One day you will see how foolish and irresponsible you have been. I pray it is sooner than later.








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