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.”
Where will this be broadcast? On Gore’s network?
“Thankfully, Al Gore is back”……………
…..the first sign of the coming ice age
Others could coordinate a corresponding “24 Hours Of Fantasy” event that mocks his (which is what it deserves). I’m sure we’ll hear of that, soon…
I’d like to know when this cooling is going to start.
I live here in south GA and it’s been well above average everyday since late May basically with unbearable humanity.
Global cooling my butt.
I caution all here not to underestimate this “Climate Reality” show.
This is an “All in” bet by the Gore and allies and here are the stakes:
1. This is 13 months before the US Presidential Election.
2. I am not convinced that Obama will be the Democratic Presidential Candidate in the end. His negatives are high and irreparably so. By the January 2012 State of the Union, Obama will be unable to avoid the “Are you Better off now than 4 years ago?” question that sank Jimmy Carter.
3. So, is it beyond reason that Al Gore will contest the Democratic Nomination? The greens will abandon Obama and Gore came so close in 2000. 9 out of 10 reports will give him a free ride.
4. At the very least, he will be a cheerleader for every Democratic Candidate backing a Climate Change agenda.
5. I’m a Bayesian. Right now, for what ever reason, I think in mid September I think it is even money that the Arctic Ice cover will be below 2007 minimums. It’s better than even money that at least one of the Ice Pack measures will be at historic lows. Even if it is close, it will add credibility to his message. “The deniers have been telling you it’s been cooling for 10 years. Look at the ice pack now and laugh at them. I told you so!.”
6. This is just the overture to 14 months of aggressive climate change propaganda. What is at the end of that 14 months is a US Election and Rio 2012 20-year IPCC Sustainability agenda. During Rio Obama will still in office, even as a lame duck.
Given what is to be gained, what Al Gore has to lose is a pittance The more I think about it, it is strategically very clever.
The poker analogy is poor here. Sept. 14 is Al Gore’s D-Day. It is a commitment of every asset and ally on his side toward total victory.
If we skeptics and freedom lovers do not anticipate and meet this assault with more than humor, the end of 2012 will not be a future I would welcome.
http://climate.uu-uno.org/articles/view/158418/?topic=71028
I hope this load of manure will not be required viewing at schools during the day. If Gore has convinced the gov’ts and school boards to show this it must be challenged or opposing views alloted equal time.
Oh no Gore is back – another reason why Mother Gaia is gonna cool down.
Shhh. Don’t tell anyone, but this is the next phase in that astroturfing project.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/07/11/researchers-set-up-fake-global-warming-websites-to-study-response/
I live here in south GA and it’s been well above average everyday since late May basically with unbearable humanity.
What town? Just for giggles, I picked a random town in S GA (Valdosta) and it doesn’t show above average from May 25 to today. Southern GA being a big place, maybe a little more detail would help.
Can’t resist the urge to boil Climate Reality Project down to an acronym:
C. Ra. P.
Mark H.
‘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.”’
To save the future of the civilization as we know it?
So, exactly whoms version of civilization during which time period should we save as we know it? Don’t we really already do that by noting previous civilizations in the history books. During the last hundred years all our civilizations, that exist on this planet at any given time, has changed numerous time, for the better no less.
Or what, should the African people still slave in economical bonds to the western world, like the crazy greenies seem to want? Should the Chinese not prosper even more? Should the western world not develop new BIG industries to further western world civilizations? Should not Chile have a space program because it doesn’t fit the crazy hippies or the Venezuelan communists? Should the Japanese or the Indian not have a shot at going to the moon just because the green minions and their green masters think otherwise?
Hooray! The bulb act died!
Al Gore the Climate Scientist ? Can someone reresh my memory as to Al Gores academic qualifications as a climate scientist ?
Brian says:
July 12, 2011 at 4:23 pm
I live here in south GA and it’s been well above average everyday since late May basically with unbearable humanity.
Indeed, humanity is unbearable lately.
In what town or city do you live Brian?
I hope they have the snowplows ready at the location Al Gore goes to on September 14.
I’m sure 1.0% of the planet is having extreme weather today – 1 in 100 year type extreme weather. 99% is having relatively normal weather which will go un-noticed.
If 100% of the planet had normal weather for decades at a time, then we could start talking about the end-times and the antichrist being big oil/big coal. We might call it Apocalypse 1:13 and have fancy graphics in the margin.
On more serious note, people living in South Georgia should expect their summer to be hot and humid. It’s subtropics, and their butt have nothing to do with it, unless they would move it up North.
Brian says:
July 12, 2011 at 4:23 pm
I’d like to know when this cooling is going to start.
I live here in south GA and it’s been well above average everyday since late May basically with unbearable humanity.
Do you not think your being a tad harsh on the good people of south GA ? lol
“In my view, Gore has been pretty much right about the science of climate all along.”
Apparently Mooney never heard about the British court’s opinion of Gore’s propaganda film.
“1.) The Film is a political work and promotes only one side of the argument. 2.) If teachers present the Film without making this plain they may be in breach of section 406 of the Education Act 1996 and guilty of political indoctrination. 3.) Eleven inaccuracies have to be specifically drawn to the attention of school children.”
I guess Chris needs, at minimum, a dozen inaccuracies before he gets suspicious.
Some European says:
July 12, 2011 at 2:30 pm
“I’m ever more desperate to make you guys understand that the earth is warming, that human activities are the main cause, that this will have catastrophic impacts – consistently underestimated by the scientific community – if we don’t reduce carbon emissions quickly, that this has been understood for a long time and is supported by a solid body of empirical evidence, that none of the counterarguments have stood the test of scrutiny and that fossil fuel interests have spent the past two decades undermining the credibility of the science in order to slow action.”
The Earth is NOT warming in fact it is cooler now than it has been for most of the Holocene. There is nothing about the late 20th century warming that was different to the warming periods in the last 2 centuries and its only just about as warm now as it was in the Medieval Warm Period. There is NOT a solid body of empirical evidence that mankind’s CO2 emissions have had any effect. Indeed as the Earth has not been warming for more than a decade while atmospheric CO2 has risen the evidence if anything is to the contrary.
And if you don’t change your mind, ask yourself this: are you human? – could you be wrong? – what if the doomsday scenarios turn out to be right? – is it responsible to risk such damage based on your being 100% certain that the science is bogus?
I think that YOU should ask yourself if you are human.
Huge amounts of money are being spent on what appears to be a myth that has been latched onto by tax and power hungry politicians. What if we are wrong?? Well what is 100% absolutely sure is that in the time you have been reading this around 10 children have died from malaria – FACT around one child every 6 seconds. Similar numbers are dying of starvation and diseases due to poor water quality or thirst. THIS IS FACT “One person every other second needlessly dies. Approximately 85% of them are children.” http://www.starvation.net/
Yet you would rather pay extra money to speculators like Al Gore on a carbon exchange?
Fund more flights by Al Gore between his residences paid for by his companies that sell carbon credits?
What kind of person disregards ACTUAL harm to others and throws money that could save millions of lives a year to self-serving speculators and politicians – then claims it is ‘just in case’ the falsified AGW hypotheses might be right?
Some European you are!
In other words, Al Gore has been an ebarrassment to our cause, and only leads to people turning away from it further, but we can’t tell him to stop.
Some European says:
July 12, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Response:
S. E. – I appreciate your sincerity and your heartfelt belief that our naturally and ever changing climate is directly influenced by man made sources. You have been misled…. but I think I can understand how you feel. I too was gulled into the ‘Save The Earth’ dogma back in the 1970s, until I realized it was just a front for Big Socialism. The baseless Save The Earth dogma you have chosen to embrace is the ‘cross you bear’. It prevents you from examining reality in an objective manner. This is why initiatives like ’24 hours of climate reality’ appeal to you, the misled faithful. You have an indoctrinated need to attend your AGW religious services regularly… and generously give the appropriate tithes!
Hallelujah! We Are Saved!
Just remember this – It’s okay to change your mind. It’s OK to question the Orthodoxy and demand open and honest answers. It’s reasonable and just to expect full disclosure of all data, analyses, programming code, and computer models used to support or refute the central hypothesis of AGW. This will be difficult for you. Your indoctrination is deeply seated and the path back to reality will not be an easy one. The first step is admitting you have been misled……..
Ask yourself this: Are you a rational human? Could you have been misled? Could you be wrong? What if the doomsday scenarios that churn your fevered fears turn out to be entirely false? What if the much contested hypothesis of Anthropogenic Global Warming proves to be baseless or of only minor scientific significance? Would you accept responsibility for deliberately destroying entire global industries supplying and using the low cost energy to feed, house, and clothe the population of an entire planet, because you mistakenly believed a scary story? Would you accept responsibility for bankrupting nation after nation with ill conceived and wasteful spending on far less efficient energy sources and irrational ‘carbon credits’, because you saw a frightening movie and then had a bad dream? Are you personally and collectively willing to accept responsibility for the worldwide starvation, pestilence, and death that stems from unreliable forms of inefficient and expensive energy and will be a direct result of your profoundly misguided actions? Are you human?
Are you human? Yes, of course you are, regardless of how effectively you have been misled. Misleading the gullible is a high human art that we are all susceptible to, on occasion. The more important question is “Are you a rational human?”. Are you willing to move beyond the ‘sound bites’ and ‘press reports’? Are you willing to examine data and analyses from all sides of the issue, to thoroughly inform yourself? Are you willing to acknowledge that much of the data and analysis used to support the hypothesis of Anthropogenic Global Warming is hopelessly compromised by a host of errors embedded in the data collection methods, data samples, data recording systems, faulty data storage, inappropriate use of tree growth rings for temperature proxy data, etc., etc., ad nauseum? Are you willing to acknowledge that much of the foundation analysis using this flawed data is further compromised by a host of human selection, calculation, and interpretation errors, both inadvertent and willful?
When you can honestly challenge the foundation data and the foundation analyses (and righteously so!), you will be well on your path to achieving ‘rational human’ status. You will find yourself proudly accepting the title of ‘skeptic’, as every rational human scientist must. Skepticism is the bedrock of all honest science.
I want to reach out to you. Let’s be rational!
Brian
I’d like to know when this warming is going to start.
I live here in the UK and it’s been well below average nearly everyday since early May basically with unbearable humanity. (did you mean humidity, or do you seriously hate your neighbours?)
Global warming my butt.
Everyone knows the second album is always a flop if it’s left too long and the first album is already out of fashion. Just ask Guns and Roses.
I can’t help thinking he has accepted money from Big Oil to further undermine the global warmists’ cause.
Ian W:
Thankyou for your excellent post at July 12, 2011 at 5:07 pm.
I lacked the courage to be as blunt as you are in your post but, of course, you are right: those truths need to be stated because there are people who need ‘the dots to be joined’ for them and it seems ‘Some European’ is one such (assuming his/her post was genuine).
Again, thankyou.
Richard