I would not have believed this if I wasn’t able to see it myself. This bloviation even tops Gore’s “Earth’s interior is millions of degrees” comment on live TV. Watch this video segment from Gore’s Current TV:
So how does he explain Romney’s performance? High altitude training?
And to think this man almost became president and is the most globally recognized spokesman for global warming.
h/t to Chuck Johnson
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I’m so glad he was not elected president.
On a somewhat related note, Gore no longer sees green energy as a wise investment:
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11727215/1/al-gore-walks-away-from-green-energy.html
And yet they wonder why they lose the respect of ordinary folk.
Altitude?
This is not the first speech and visit to “The Mile High” by the current POTUS.
Do I recall correctly that aircraft cabins are pressurized to about 2 miles, 10K feet?
Al Gore, the man who gave up the Presidency in order to take the easy, lucrative post of Speaker of the House.
Anthony. We are all slack-jawed with incredulous amazement.
To think: He was a heart-beat aways from the presidency.
Some people going to 10,000 ft do experience <a href=https://www.google.com/search?q=altitude+sickness&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a"altitude sickness", and some get winded at 6,000 ft over sea level.
While it could have some effect, I think actual track record, a much different preparation, expectations, and no teleprompter, made the biggest differences.
You can’t make this stuff up. Amazing.
we have our fair share of idiot politicians in the UK. innumerate, the lot of them. they understand nothing but emote a lot. it’s about time we had some scientists stand for parliament.
Please tell me he is joking, please, pretty please!!
See: Altitude sickness @ur momisugly NIH (eg above 8000 ft), Aclimitization
Did the altitude impact Obama’s performance during his acceptance speech at the 2008 DNC…in Denver?
Does Gore lose his brain whenever he flies in his corporate jet(s)?
(Normal cabin altitude ~8,000ft)
As much time as Pres Obama has spent cruising around on AirForce 1 lately I would think he would be well conditioned for 5,000 ft altitude.
I’m so glad he was picked as “the most globally recognized spokesman for global warming”.
Couldn’t have asked for someone more ignorant of actual science.
Maybe you should donate your president to one of the ‘low countries’. Is the Netherlands low enough?
Doug Huffman says:
October 4, 2012 at 8:42 am
On trips I’ve brought my Thommen altimeter, I’ve generally seen 5,000 to 8,000 feet. Some older planes, e.g. 737, seem to have a pressure differential control so that changes in flight altitude show up in cabin pressure as a smaller altitude shift.
Fly into Denver and your ears don’t pop.
Wow, just wow.. And that man won a Nobel prize. He should win an Ig Nobel prize this year.
“it’s about time we had some scientists stand for parliament.”
Not climate scientists I hope! Maybe some engineers like Burt Rutan.
It wasn’t the Denver altitude, but the cabin pressure in Air Force One during the flight from Las Vegas that reduced Great Leader’s mental capacity. Seriously, equivalent cabin pressure is nominally over 5,000ft in a 747 at cruise altitude,, so should this imply that the POTUS should make no decisions on national or foreign policy for.. what… 3 hours after landing? 4? …
2 hours just wasn’t enough….
Perhaps the intellectual altitude of the debate was too high for Obama? Seems that was the reason for his lack of intellectual performance.
No real news there, we have already had 4 years of observation evidence showing his limitations.
Remember the line from that old Clint Eastwood movie: “a man has got to know his limitations”.
Time for a change. N’est ce pas?
John
Gore. As thick as two short planks.
oh brother — what a load of garbage spewing out of his mouth.
I’m a Brit and I’ve been to Denver three times direct from London. Don’t remember any breathing or neurological problems when I arrived. The only thing was that the air was very dry and I needed a lot of lip salve by day 3.
I love Gore…he is the sceptic’s best recruiting sergeant 🙂
Is anyone here really surprised? Remember, Gore not only invented the internet, he was the first to declare that smokers were responsible for global warming!
Heh, his next production will be titled, “An Inconvenient Mouth.”
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MJM