Does Al Gore deserve the Nobel Prize?
For someone who has a reputation for being boring and wooden, Al Gore certainly is polarizing.
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Supporters assert that he has been one of the principal actors in bringing awareness to global warming and prompting governments and industry to take action against greenhouse emissions. While a lot of people became familiar with his work through the recent film "An Inconvenient Truth," Gore has been writing on the issue since the '80s.
Detractors, however, say he's an opportunist who exaggerates the scientific evidence and doesn't even follow his own advice. Witness the furor over reports that his mansion in Tennessee is an energy guzzler.
On Friday, Gore shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has been assembling comprehensive scientific reports and recommendations on global warming for the U.N. The prize has also revived talk that Gore may run for president in 2008.
"He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted," said Ole Danbolt Mjos, chairman of the Nobel committee, as quoted in CNN.
But what do you think? Visionary or hypocrite? Does he deserve the prize? Write a comment in the TalkBack section. A poll will be up soon.
Despite the recent news that well over 90% of the scientific community agrees to the basic claim that global warming is both harmful and man-made, and even the Bush administration has now conceded the point.
The criteria seems to be: I don't like Al Gore, therefore he should not win the Nobel Peace Prize.
It's also a fair question to ask, what should we do, and nothing is an option that has to be considered (if for no other reason that's what we are going to do for a long time as a race...)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-mars-warming.html
In addition to humanitarian efforts and peace movements, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded for work in a wide range of fields including advocacy of human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control.
gasses, but if isn't a fraud and we do nothing we lose everything.
criteria for the Peace Prize? Do you even read?
could. He is full of hot air and has a following of worshipers. He
did NO research on his own, deserves no award other than for
scaring people and causing undeserved panic.
Without clear cut explanations of these past extremes in weather I'm a little hesitant to embrace the politically charged explanation that Al Boring and his buddies are insisting is the only answer.
Is the Earth warming? Yes. Is it caused by manmade emissions, I don't know. To embrace that as fact you have to disregard the fact that co2 emissions rose from 1940 thru 1970 and yet global temperature actually fell. There are some serious questions that need to be answered before we go storming into a multibillion dollar solution for a problem that might not exists for the reasons we think. Something to think about.
http://www.buzzdash.com/?page=buzzbite&BB_id=44054
I don't think this is too far fetched.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1615171,00.html
the world around you. Everyone in the USA has a bigger carbon
footprint that is sustainable. So why point fingers like if AL Gore
lived in a tent eating moss you would change your opinion about
global warming??? What IS your opinion anyway?
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp
the person who shall have done the most or the best work for
fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of
standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace
congresses.'"
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp
of great concern to all of us. His personal motivation is
secondary to the fact that what he is doing is forcing people to
recognize and talk about the issue. And regardless of our
personal opinions, it will lead to a better understanding of our
planet. If our gluttonous lifestlyes and reckless consumption of
natural resources are to blame for global warming, only time will
tell for sure. But that doesn't mean we should sit back and take
the classic wait and see mentality. Like a suspicious mole or
lump on a breast, this is something we can't afford to put off.
We should all get over the love or hate AL Gore mentality and do
some research on the topic for ourselves. Don't let politics,
bloggers or ignorant radio hosts sway your opinion. Think for
yourself for a change America!!!
for themselves, try to avoid directing them to a specific source that
reflects your own personal beliefs. Or at least direct them to an
additional source that may present things a little counter to your
opinion. I think the folks at Nobel probably have a little credibility.
To simply say they are a sham because a UK court says Gore is a
fraud does not an intelligent reader (or in this case, writer) make.
auspices of the learned judge, decided that strictly speaking, by
the rule of LAW, some of the assetions in 'An Inconvenient Truth'
could not be described as entirely accurate. These included..... (
well, find out for yourself, but they included whether or not
kilimanjaro's ice cap melting can be attributed to global warming
and a few other debatable points!) but basically, if you are
bothered, then you should be aware that the bulk of it was
judged to be totally TRUTHFULL by the same learned judge. You
missed that bit though, didn't you? I didn't hear you bleating like
a wee lost sheep about all the CONCURRANCE!
Now, if Al Gore turns out to be right about the other stuff, aren't we all screwed?
There's no harm in conservation, but there might be a harm in not conserving. I'll take my chances and conserve.
fly comercial....
Nothing wrong with it, just that he doesn't follow what he preaches
- Sure, why not...
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by billmosby
October 12, 2007 11:37 AM PDT
- He deserves it at least as much As Yassir Arafat did. In fact, why
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Showing 1 of 5 pages (250 Comments)not give him Arafat's as well? Yassir probably doesn't need it
anymore.