Post by Ryan Maue
You knew it was only a matter of time after the Rolling Stone criticism of Obama on climate, but Al Gore is back and in a big way. Some are calling it an Inconvenient Truth 2.0 with a brand new slide show connecting extreme weather with global warming. The new “Climate Reality Project” moniker replaces Gore’s previous Alliance for Climate Protection racket. UK Guardian eco-journalist Suzanne Goldenberg gives away the store with this line: “The campaign represents a modest comeback for Gore who has reduced his public profile on climate action in the past few years – probably out of consideration for the political consequences to his fellow Democrat Barack Obama.”
So Al Gore’s decision to lower his profile was to avoid forcing Obama to make politically unpopular decisions? I think there are additional reasons related to his personal life.
Thankfully, Al Gore is back and is planning “24-hours of Reality“on September 14 to connect the dots between extreme weather and global warming. So, unless he is planning on presenting a lecture on the coupled atmosphere-ocean dynamics of the El Nino Southern Oscillation (e.g. La Nina and El Nino), the presentation may not take more than a few minutes. Anecdotal evidence, commissioned puff pieces in SciAm, and hand-wavy slogans about “loading the dice” are not going to cut it anymore.
Gore has put out a new video trailer: it’s clear he has worked on his lecture delivery to sound even more professorial, elitist, and condescending. Experts such as NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen and NCAR’s Dr. Kevin Trenberth are prominently mentioned in several interviews given by Al Gore.
Another aspect of the Gore resurrection is the lockstep adherence to his brand of climate change orthodoxy by his sychophants in the liberal media. Here are some links for a flavor:
Joe Romm: Exclusive: Al Gore On His ‘Climate Realilty Project’ Launch: “It’s Urgent To Rendezvous With Reality To Save The Future Of Civilization As We Know It.”
Suzanne Goldenberg: UK Guardian: Al Gore returns with new climate campaign. Climate Reality Project aims to expose reality of global warming crisis and kicks off with a 24-hour live streamed event
Chris Mooney: some blog: Al Gore Launches the “Climate Reality Project” — which deserves some quotes since he is right on the money:
In my view, Gore has been pretty much right about the science of climate all along. But sad to say, everything I’ve learned about this issue convinces me that there is little he can say or do to get conservative climate “skeptics” to accept that.
Yes, they need to renounce their counter-reality and come back to this one. But paradoxically, having Al Gore tell them that may just drive them farther away. Let’s hope he can appeal to the middle, anyway…
Grist: “All of the group’s efforts will be devoted to spreading the truth about the climate crisis and the solutions to it, making use of the thousands of slideshow presenters that Gore has trained over the last few years. It sounds like the group’s political lobbying will more or less fall by the wayside.”
Should be a target-rich environment! The challenge will be getting the truth out to a broad audience so that his fatuous arguments for the AGW echo-chamber can be exposed. Let’s roll!
The first thing that struck me is Gore’s use of the word “Reality” in the name of his venture—and I contemplated the ramifications of this misuse of the English language. So I go into the SBA.gov Web site and look up Truth in Advertising. It doesn’t bode well for Mr. Gore.
You see, I found that the FTC, the main federal agency that enforces advertising laws and regulations through Truth In Advertising, says that:
I submit Gore’s use of the word “Reality” doesn’t conform to the SBA’s requirements as stated above.
I also laugh when Gore maintains that “reality is on our side”. That’s not the reality I see, Mr. Gore. I suggest you open your eyes, quit trying to cover your sorry past, and face the facts that your “Climate Crisis” as you call it is a factual inexactitude.
Yeah Go Al Go.
DirkH says:
July 12, 2011 at 2:15 pm
What a classic! How does she spout that with a straight face???
Come home, Al. The chickens have come home to roost and you are standing under the coop.
2011 is a lean year for ManBearPig:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_received_by_Al_Gore
@Bob nye: I would…
So Al Gore’s decision to lower his profile was to avoid forcing Obama to make politically unpopular decisions?
Obama doesn’t need to be forced to make politically unpopular decisions – he’s perfectly capable of doing that all by his lonesome. Witness the last couple years, and now intimating he will stop SS checks to Seniors if he doesn’t get his way on the budget. I have some advise for Obama: Never pick a fight with an old guy; he won’t fight, he’ll just kill ya (politically speaking of course ).
Every time that Al is about to pop up and make yet another presentation, after having spent an unhealthy number of hours learning powerpoint–again–I always wonder if there’s been yet another insane asylum having closed up shop.
If the content is of no import to the presentation, and if no one is allowed to say anything, maybe not even look, no microphone, no cameras, in fact all them nasty evil IRL people is not to know anything, if the preferred preference for building is something akin to old nazi bunkers, a presenter pretty much has to be insane to go through with the presentation when the choice of just making a tweet about having held such a presentation (nobody being the wiser, wink wink nudge nudge) is so much less time consuming and easier. :p
LOL – Al Bore, you are a card! He must have a mansion payment coming up or something – maybe a new pool heater? Nobody took you serious when you were Veep, a Presidential candidate or as a tree hugging hypocrite. Go chase a maid across a room and go away.
It stands to reason that if banging your head on the desk is painful, diving into it headfirst from atop a tall stepladder should feel pretty good. Well, at least it does for a warmist.
Maybe he’s trying to get the VP nomination. Gore, the leader of a Green Party within the Democratic Party, temporarily. In addition to being VP, he could be Green Czar. Yeah, that might work. Gore is set up as the Idol for the Loony Left and Obama moves to the middle. Gore takes over the Democrat Party from the inside.
To Save The Future Of Civilization As We Know It
Precisely the opposite is true, if Gore et Al get their way, there will be no more “civilization as we know it”.
Expect unseasonable cold.
@ur momisugly Some European says:
July 12, 2011 at 2:30 pm
I can think of a few other historical figures who “just wanted to be friends”. Stalin, PolPot, Genghis Khan, Caligula — just off the top of my head.
One in 10 Species Could Face Extinction: Decline in Species Shows Climate Change Warnings Not Exaggerated, Research Finds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711151457.htm
That’s right. Already happened. Panic in the streets.
Someone commented here that hes doubling down, he’s done that already a few times. This would 8 or 10 folding down by now. I would like to follow the money on this one but I can’t. The carbon trading ponzi scheme is over. Does he think he can win another oscar or noble prize? so wheres the money?
Joe Romm about Al Gore at ThinkProgress.
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/07/12/266057/al-gore-climate-realilty-project/
Read the comments. Hint: It’s not ThinkCritical.
DirkH July 12, 2011 at 2:15 pm
That YouTube video-
“Adding comments has been disabled for this video”
How shocking that yet again an alarmist has to prevent challenge.
When you have to call the baloney you’re selling “real,” you’re on very thin ice.
14th September is the fourth day of the Rugby World Cup here in New Zealand. On the 14th will be Samoa vs Namibia (Samoa to win?), Tonga vs Canada (Tonga to win?) and Scotland vs Europe 1 (Scotland to win?). On the 15th (still 14th in California) is Europe 2 vs USA (USA to win?). What players make up Europe 1 and Europe 2? Will they wear the EU flag?
So let’s see, watch the rugby or Al Gore’s 24 hour Unreality Show?!? 🙂
Maybe Gore should go read George Orwell’s 1984 before he starts telling the rest of us ‘free’ people how to think. But then maybe it doesn’t come in a Powerpoint version.
The big difference this time?
We are ready and waiting for him…….
When all else fails, he can make a case for reducing CO2 emissions “just because.” For example:
See? Inconsiderate Dutch drivers are wreaking havoc with natural ecological systems.
Increase the carbon taxes! Force them to drive less! Save the insects before it’s too late!
When Gore and his cult of scientific apocalyptic screamers predict the same old tired scenarios of doom they are correct in one sense. It will be their credibility’s doom from a continued downward spiral of their already abysmal intellectual integrity.
To paraphrase a line from the character Quintus in the movie Gladiator: “
PeopleWarmists should know when they are conquered.”John
Too much of a good thing…..
http://www.masterresource.org/2011/07/al-gore-bad-big-environmentalism/
This sums it up quite nicely…..
Some European:
Many people including me know
(a) climate has always changed everywhere and it always will,
(b) no unprecedented climate changes have been observed during the past century,
(c) there is no empirical evidence to support the AGW hypothesis,
and
(d) there is evidence that refutes the AGW hypothesis.
But at July 12, 2011 at 2:30 pm you say to those of uis who know these facts:
” I’m ever more desperate to make you guys understand that the earth is warming, that human activities are the main cause,
…
could you be wrong? – what if the doomsday scenarios turn out to be right? ”
I can tell you that your desperation is to be expected because the only things that could encourage us to share your delusion is
(1) observation of some unprecedented climate change,
(2) some empirical evidence which supports the AGW hypothesis
(3) disproof of the evidence which refutes the AGW hypothesis (i.e. the ‘hot spot’ is found, the ‘missing heat’ is found, the ‘warming in the pipeline’ reappears, the predictions of sustained warming start to be confirmed, etc.).
Until then I suggest that you recognise your delusions are certainly wrong because the existing evidence clearly indicates that the AGW hypothesis is wrong and, therefore, the “doomsday scenarios” are impossible.
Additionally, your assertion that you really are deluded into believing your untrue assertions would have more credibility if you did not hide behind an alias.
Richard