Posted on 05/23/2017 8:56:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Al Gore believes that Donald Trump will not halt the momentum of the climate movement even if he withdraws the US from the Paris agreement.
The environmental activist said that he was confident Trump would commit to the historic climate change agreement, but that even if he did not, it would still not be enough to reverse the move towards renewable energy in many American cities.
“I think there’s an excellent chance that he will surprise many by deciding to stay in the Paris agreement,” Gore said.
“The Paris agreement has an historic significance of its own,” he said. “And if the largest economy in the world were to withdraw, it would present a risk that some other countries might use that as an excuse. So it’s important that we stay in.”
Gore encouraged Trump to abandon his campaign promise to bring back jobs in the coal industry, and instead encourage miners to retrain for roles in the solar power industry.
“The prospects of going back to the age of coal are zero,” Gore said. “Donald Trump’s promises to the coal miners cannot be fulfilled as he made them, but he could, if he chose, put them to work in the solar industry.”
He added that solar jobs in the US were growing rapidly and that there were twice as many jobs in solar as in coal already, and that Trump’s populism could backfire on him.
“It’s not unknown in history for politicians to make promises to go back to a bygone era and then adjust their promises when people realise that it really was never a realistic hope. I don’t know if he’ll do that, but the country is going to do that.”
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Idiot lying hypocrite.
And he’s still consuming oxygen while Roger Moore has passed away. Somehow there isn’t much justice today.
The Sex Poodle has a fever...
This lying, hypocritical asshole is delusional... as usual. Hopefully Trump will not only boycott the Paris thing but pull the plug on the UN.
Does this idiot ever shut up?
Terrifying that this blithering imbecile came THAT CLOSE to being our president.
“The Sex Poodle has a fever...”
That means “more cowballs.”
Al Bortion is as looney as Shitlerey ...
BULL HOCKY!!! GORE!
We Trump supporters are counting on him to keep his promise to stop funding the Climate Change religion. As long as this religion has wealthy adherents such as Algore, Michael Moore, Bill Gates, DeCaprio, and the Clintons, it can finance itself without help from U.S. taxpayers. Knock yourselves out, giving till it hurts, Al.
'Trump cannot stop the solutions to the climate crisis'So why even bring that up? What are you worried about Al?
If the rest of the world wants to go marching right off the cliff, we won’t stop them.
“I think there’s an excellent chance that he will surprise many by deciding to stay in the Paris agreement,” Gore said.
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He may be right about this and the reason is named Ivanka.
The massage is the message!
Gore is desperately trying to stay relevant, but he is being over-shadowed by Adam Sandler, the much bally-hooed hero of Cannes this year.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Al — Adam Sandler is more significant than you.
Talk to China Al....
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