Gore Offers To Work With Trump On Climate

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach

Man, there is just no end to Gore’s hubris. From his website, which I’ll pass on linking to for obvious reasons …

Last night President-elect Trump said he wanted to be a president for all Americans. In that spirit, I hope that he will work with the overwhelming majority of us who believe that the climate crisis is the greatest threat we face as a nation.

I wish him well in these efforts and intend to do everything I can to work with him and his administration to ensure that our nation remains a leader in the global effort to meet this challenge. Moreover, there is reason to believe that it is not naive or Pollyannaish to hope for more than what we fear.

al-gore

Despite his generous offer, I don’t think the White House will be calling him soon …

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ferdberple
November 11, 2016 7:12 pm

why is it that folks like Gore and DiCaprio, with huge carbon footprints, jet around the world telling the rest of us to cut our carbon footprint? It reminds me of the glutton at the dinner table, that tells everyone to take a smaller piece of pie, so they can take a bigger piece. and of course the glutton will have lots of reasons why you should do what they say – take less to save the starving, the poor, the children, your waistline – but it all comes down to you taking less so they can take more.
personally I pledge to have a carbon footprint no larger than Gore or DiCaprio or Obama or the Pope. How can anyone be expected to do more than match the shining example of these great men. I should be in line for a at least a nobel prize or sainthood, if history is a guide.

Reply to  ferdberple
November 11, 2016 9:41 pm

Ferdberple:
I am going to post this line in Facebook… with your permission.
personally I pledge to have a carbon footprint no larger than Gore or DiCaprio or Obama or the Pope. How can anyone be expected to do more than match the shining example of these great men. I should be in line for a at least a nobel prize or sainthood, if history is a guide.

Ian Macdonald
Reply to  Mario Lento
November 12, 2016 1:41 am

Looking at the size of that boat they’re using, I have a smaller carbon footprint than Greenpeace.

Reply to  Mario Lento
November 12, 2016 2:18 pm

Me Too! The best line I have heard in a long time.

asybot
Reply to  Mario Lento
November 12, 2016 9:14 pm

Ferd, I am going to use that as well in discussions ( well ok arguments and rants), with your permission . It is a great comment!

asybot
Reply to  Mario Lento
November 12, 2016 9:16 pm

Ian, you’ll have a smaller TPC footprint as well.

JohnWho
November 11, 2016 7:12 pm

“overwhelming majority”
and he kept a straight face?

Reply to  JohnWho
November 11, 2016 10:55 pm

Yes, he actually said “… the overwhelming majority of us who believe that the climate crisis is the greatest threat we face as a nation.” Yet the last couple years, the Pew survey has shown that people put climate change pretty much at the bottom of the list of things that concern them. Also, there was the survey that asked people how much they would pay to fight climate change, and an “overwhelming majority” didn’t appear to be interested in parting with any of their cash for this noble cause. But, then, we shouldn’t set too much store by surveys, should we?

Greg
Reply to  Retired_Engineer_Jim
November 12, 2016 1:19 am

He’s in denial, the poor chap. The overwhelming majority just voted for a candidate who said he is tired of hearing this BS. It does not get much clearer than that.

Reply to  Retired_Engineer_Jim
November 12, 2016 9:16 am

Gore is like the crack dealer who gets hooked on his own product, then loses his mind.
He’s told that lie so many times to others, he believes it himself despite the clear polling data otherwise. And everyone in his circle of friends and the elitist parties he attends thinks like he does, classic GroupThink.

John Harmsworth
Reply to  Retired_Engineer_Jim
November 12, 2016 11:08 am

What Big Al means is the over whelming majority of the people who matter. Actors, celebrities, Leftists and Californians.

Analitik
Reply to  JohnWho
November 12, 2016 3:48 am

The “us” Gore speaks of is the District of Columbia (where Hillary cornered more than 90% of the vote). Al doesn’t care about the states.

tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 7:17 pm

Lovely Willis, got the choir in tune.

gnomish
Reply to  tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 7:38 pm

watch out for gore- he grabs women by the kundalini

ozspeaksup
Reply to  gnomish
November 12, 2016 3:38 am

sexpoodle wasn’t it?
guffaws loudly;-)

SMC
Reply to  tony mcleod
November 12, 2016 5:37 am

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do

Bruce Cobb
Reply to  tony mcleod
November 12, 2016 10:13 am

Coming from the side with the giant world-wide church, warehouses full of bibles and hymnals, hordes of preachers and followers, and tractor-trailor loads of money, that’s a laugh riot.

Duncan
November 11, 2016 7:25 pm

The only person I vilify worse than Gore, is Leonardo Dicaprio and I am not sure why? Possibly one is serving himself, the other serving his ego, the only explanation I can think of.

TA
Reply to  Duncan
November 12, 2016 2:51 am

DiCaprio is a True Believer. Gore is a True Believer, but he is a greedy True Believer. Of the two, I think Gore is the conniver. DiCaprio is just sadly misinformed and gullible.
Those on the Left (not all) have a mental problem: Their minds are easily influenced by the most bizarre ideas. They are gullible, credulous, and particularly prone to believing Leftwing conspiracy theories.
You tell one of them the Kock brothers are the focus of evil in the modern world, and they will truly believe the Kock brothers are the devil, no evidence of such needed, just the charge is enough for their minds. The concept is incorporated into their being from then on.
Look at some of these supposedly sophisticated, intelligent tv reporters and commentators actually bursting out in tears on the air, and expressing grave fears about the future because Trump is the next president.
They really are afraid. They have no reason to fear for the future of the country in Trump’s hands, but they don’t seem to understand that. They have let their fears carry them away from reality.
The Left lives in Bizzarro World, while thinking they are living in the real world. Very many of them are completely divorced from reality. I guess that would qualify as being insane.

asybot
Reply to  TA
November 12, 2016 9:26 pm

TA,, you mentioned :” Look at some of these supposedly sophisticated, intelligent tv reporters and commentators actually bursting out in tears on the air, and expressing grave fears about the future because Trump is the next president.
I could not believe my eyes at the reactions of some of these ” Adults” it incredulous. Never in my mind would I have anticipated those scenarios. I almost felt sorry for them but then I just had to stop for a bout of deep belly laughter With actual tears in my eyes! It was priceless. The one thing though is that more than likely these tears are going to turn into vicious attacks on Trump for “The Hurt” he put on them.

Mike the Morlock
November 11, 2016 7:27 pm

I keep trying to point this out Many absentee ballot are only counted if the margin is low. Thus people like the Military who tend to be pro Trump will only be counted in a dispute. Many states don’t bother because it would not change state results, but in total inclusive of all states it could change the national total
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/11/hillary_wins_the_popular_vote__not_.html
michael

November 11, 2016 7:29 pm

What an opportunity!
Trump should not only invite him, but ask that he bring Bill Nye as well. Televise it. When they arrive, play the experiment that Nye set up for Gore’s TV special, followed by Anth_ny’s analysis of it showing it was a fake. When it is done, Trump can say WTF?! and could you please explain your deception to the cameras….
Not that I belong in such company, but I’d be happy to come along and explain how it was that I knew it was faked based on the physics and was confident enough to offer a wager in regard to the results. Perhaps R. Gates might be invited also that I may remind him of his wager with me and his failure to make good.

Reply to  davidmhoffer
November 11, 2016 7:37 pm

For those of you who weren’t hanging around, here’s the thread debunking Nye’s on air experiment on Gore’s TV marathon:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/climate-fail-files/gore-and-bill-nye-fail-at-doing-a-simple-co2-experiment/
If Gore wants to stick his nose back into the debate with Trump, by all means, begin with having him explain this little mess. Well worth the read/watch as it sums up how willing those two are to falsify results in order to fit their narrative. Not only did they fake the results, they got the GHE horridly wrong.

higley7
November 11, 2016 7:49 pm

Gore probably refuses to acknowledge how low on the concern list climate change is. Or, as the swindler he is, he has to continue the scam until the end, taking advantage of every opportunity to wheedle his needs into the agenda. If CO2’s endangerment evaluation is reversed, all CO2 reduction efforts evaporate over night. We are done, he is toast.

commieBob
November 11, 2016 7:52 pm

I hope that he will work with the overwhelming majority of us who believe that the climate crisis is the greatest threat we face as a nation.

They accuse The Donald of being a liar.

Mike the Morlock
Reply to  commieBob
November 11, 2016 11:36 pm

commieBob November 11, 2016 at 7:52 pm
“I hope that he will work with the overwhelming majority of us”
ah nope, note the wording “us”
So who is “us” ?
Its not quit a lie because “us” is just “them” not the general public.
Old game Bolshevik- Menshevik
a bit on back ground for those who never heard the term
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/bolshevik-menshevik-split
michael

November 11, 2016 8:05 pm

I think this should have been the “Funny Friday”.
(Or maybe Trump should make Gore the head of the EPA. “The Gore Effect” should kill the CAGW scam once and for all!8-)

Ian W
November 11, 2016 8:08 pm

The best part of the nominative determinism is that algore is a medical term for deathly cold.

Greg
Reply to  Willis Eschenbach
November 12, 2016 1:22 am

plural algori ? God preserve us !
Nice one Ian, why has it taken so long for any one to find that ?

Greg
Reply to  Willis Eschenbach
November 12, 2016 1:25 am

algore m ( plural algori). (archaic) Intense cold;
This could finally explain the Al Gore effect: how it always turns cold when appears at an AGW event.

Dems B. Dcvrs
November 11, 2016 8:09 pm

Gore – “I hope that he will work with the overwhelming majority …”
News flash Gore you and your Global Warmers are in a Minority. Further Americans rated Global Warming “Dead Last” on list of concerns. Being you are already bloviating, you are dismissed.

November 11, 2016 8:11 pm

If I were Trump, I would say NO!

AndyG55
Reply to  J. Philip Peterson
November 11, 2016 8:18 pm

Why even bother answering!
Gore is basically a non-entity, except in his own mind.
A piece of dog-doo on the soul on the American boot.

Hivemind
Reply to  J. Philip Peterson
November 12, 2016 12:06 am

If I were Trump, I’d say “You’re fired !!”.

AllyKat
November 11, 2016 8:18 pm

Since when was Gore anything other than a “Sore Loserman” after elections?

November 11, 2016 8:22 pm

Al WHO?

ngard2016
November 11, 2016 8:23 pm

Trump had better say NO or he will start to undermine his standing with his supporters. Don’t mess about with any of these con merchants and fra-dsters or you will start to lose support.

Annie
November 11, 2016 8:40 pm

Well, thank goodness for one good laugh today! Gore giving advice to Trump?! Hahahahahaha! I trust President-elect Trump treats that offer with the contempt it deserves.

Richard
November 11, 2016 8:41 pm

A very generous offer Al Gore, but the inconvenient truth is, the only work you can expect is a hockey stick across the seat of your pants.

markl
November 11, 2016 8:45 pm

Hubris personified. If anyone thinks the warmists are going to disappear quietly into the background you are naive. They have too much invested to go away without a major fight. Expect more MSM attacks and misinformation than ever. And remember, skeptics place a lot of importance on the new administration’s stated stand against the climate change scam but most people don’t and they’ll be counting on that when they flood the streets with eco demonstrators. The anarchy runs deep for the Dems.

SteveC
November 11, 2016 8:46 pm

It really is worse than we thought!!!! But thank God for the Gore Effect! It’s the only antidote for perceived Climate Change…. errr Climate Disruption… errrr…. OKOKOK Global Warming. Anyway, the more Al “contributes” to a “warming solution”, the COLDER it gets!

RBom
November 11, 2016 8:47 pm

Al Gore is only pandering to his own self-delusion of grander, righteousness and sainthood.

Rhoda R
Reply to  RBom
November 12, 2016 1:24 pm

+1000

November 11, 2016 8:51 pm

Mods,
I made a comment that has disappeared. I suspect I used one of those “auto-bit-bin” words. (sc@m)

Reply to  Gunga Din
November 11, 2016 10:19 pm

I’ll try again minus what I think made it disappear.
Maybe Trump should put Gore in charge of the EPA. Then “Then Gore Effect” should end the CAGW hype once and for all.

Arild
November 11, 2016 9:12 pm

I would respond with Alex Epstein’s classic response to AG Maura Healey.

Harry Passfield
Reply to  Arild
November 12, 2016 4:56 am

Oh Yes! That was wonderful! (I wonder what ever became of that spat?)

Pop Piasa
November 11, 2016 9:16 pm

Here’s a rhyming Gore story.
Pinwheels and Mirrors
A long time ago (in the 80’s or so),
Al Gore warned that warming would soon be alarming;
“Our children won’t know what it’s like to see snow!
Our atmosphere we must stop harming!”
He’d studied, in college, on James Hansen’s knowledge.
Then, over years of political careers,
He pondered this notion: The atmosphere and oceans
Are useful to raise public fears.
He made presentations to all the world’s nations.
His film (sci-fi trash) was a box office smash!
Academy sensation! Oscars, nominations
And copious currents of cash!
Then unto him fell the Peace Prize, Nobel…
Authority, on him was vested.
(Debates he must quell, for he knows quite well:
Models failed when reality tested.)
So, grew the meme of anthropogenic extreme.
While insiders profited highly,
Those who objected were quickly subjected
To ridicule (and regarded vilely).
Pinwheels and mirrors now litter the lands…
Power lines, mile after mile.
On high plains, sea cliffs and desert sands
Our vistas, they now beguile.
But, collectors of government subsidies
Find them a beautiful sight,
Big mechanical menaces… begging a breeze
Or a sunbeam to ‘make their cost right’.
Decades upcoming threaten cold’s icy numbing-
Nature’s cycles, in concert, are waning.
The slowness to warm should have cancelled alarm,
But Al never ceases campaigning:
“We humans are bad, with our fossil fuel fad,
It’s a fast-building carbon disaster!
And now it’s two-fold! It’s causing the cold
And the hotness to come so much faster!”
Yet, while he’s pleading that all should be heeding
His carbon reduction ambitions,
He hopes you’re not seeing his own footprint being
Hundreds of poor folks’ emissions.
Let’s hope he’s thought out, while jetting about,
The messages of his actions.
By far they outweigh any words he might say,
In the minds of the wiser factions.

Eugene WR Gallun
Reply to  Pop Piasa
November 11, 2016 10:59 pm

Pop Piasa —
Well, done. Your message finds its rhymes rather than the rhyming taking control and creating its own message. Excellent!
Eugene WR Gallun

Poems of Our Climate
Reply to  Eugene WR Gallun
November 12, 2016 12:00 am

Two excellent poets, above.

Pop Piasa
Reply to  Eugene WR Gallun
November 12, 2016 10:40 am

Thanks much, just want to be a vessel of the truth. I don’t mean to draw attention to myself.

Pop Piasa
Reply to  Eugene WR Gallun
November 12, 2016 10:45 am

Actually, an earlier version of the above was posted on the Gore-a-thon page under my old identity here and I stupidly posted an email address to contact me for revisions, allowing a troll to steal my identity.

November 11, 2016 9:48 pm

Al $$$ Gore said this thumper:
“Last night President-elect Trump said he wanted to be a president for all Americans. In that spirit, I hope that he will work with the overwhelming majority of us who believe that the climate crisis is the greatest threat we face as a nation.”
He lies once again since there are no evidence of a overwhelming majority o people that shares with his beliefs. He lies because he is in it for the money,which he got a lot of and to be relevant from his point of view in the political situation.
He is scum.

rogerthesurf
November 11, 2016 10:06 pm

Now don’t you guys all sling off at Mr Gore, its not like he hasn’t got a Nobel prize you know 😉
Roger
http://www.rogerfromnewzealand.wordpress.com