Al Gore’s Recycled Doom

Media Research Center ^ | February 21, 2007 | L. Brent Bozell III

[incredulous joe]

I wish I could be as wrong as Paul Ehrlich is all of the time and syill manage to keep my job.

[rhombus]

Don’t expect that in 2027, NBC will challenge Al Gore to explain why his “climate crisis” talk of Manhattan under water never occurred, it being assumed that NBC will still be broadcasting out of New York.

Big assumption. By 2027 I expect broadcasts will come directly from Mecca. ;-)

[tsowellfan]

I was thinking today. Gore wants to have a concert in Antartica in early July. Rush mentioned a while back "Oh yeah, how convenient that he's choosing the hottest month of the year for that".

But today I realised, in Antartica, that would be the coldest time of the year for that region. Hmmm... I wonder if Al Gore is stupid enough to have forgotten that.

Maybe it will be fun to watch LOL

[Tallguy]

I remember as a teenager seeing a film about the China famine. I forget which 'famine' but it was exacerbated by 1 of Mao's industrialization/political-reform programs. Mao -- ever the detail guy -- insisted that a major villain in the grain shortage facing China was the little sparrow. He prescribed that it was the duty of every Chinese peasant to trap, kill or harass-unto-death any seed-eating birds that they might see. I remember thinking to myself, "who would believe such unmitigated cr@p"? Now with the Media-fed Global Warming frenzy I finally understand.

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[abenaki]

Everyone please go to and send your friends, especially if any are "skeptics". to junkscience.com

[daviddennis]

Who would come and watch, penguins?

You generally tour Antarctica on a ship out of Argentina. You get to Argentina, of course, via plane. Travel options are just plain awful. Assuming you're going out of LAX, a cut-rate $1,867 per person (tourist class) and a pleasantly brief 23 hours and 39 minutes on a plane will get you to Ushuaia, Argentina (USH). First class travel is not available on this route, so be prepared for outright misery if you can't borrow a friend's Gulfstream V.

You take a 400 mile cruise, 2-3 days out of Ushuaia, and wind up in the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic penninsula. so out of your 10 days on the cruise, you're only spending 6-7 of them (depending on conditions) in Antarctica itself. Congratulations!

All of this costs a measley $3,360 for 10 days, plus the airfare I've already quoted.

http://www.iexplore.com/expmap/Antarctica/52203

Now, I can't help but think that Steve Jobs will probably let Gore borrow his Gulfstream V jet and so transportation might not be much of a problem for him (or Steve if Steve wants to go).

But after reviewing those facts, it seems like utter madness to even attempt any kind of concert in Antarctica. That's what I thought before i looked it up and, well, I still think that now :-).

Perhaps he will charter a cruise ship and have the concert there? It would be an awfully expensive and uncomfortable junket. I just don't see it being economic as anything but a publicity stunt.

D

[daviddennis]

Caleb, be sure to check out my previous post if you want to know details about travel to Antarctica.

I wanted to mention one more thing, which is that the $3,360 is for the lousiest accomodation on the ship and does not include a "local payment" of $300.

More typical accomodations are in the $6,000 per person range, but it's only money, right?

Right?

I'm sorry, guys, but I think I'll stick to the tropics for my vacations. Not only is it cheaper, it's, well, warmer. i'm all for global warming if it can only make my life more comfortable, personally ... maybe if it gets warm enough down there I'll want to visit someday.

D

PS This is the cheap tour. The most expensive one on a fancier ship cost $6,000 to a mind-boggling $13,000 per person! However, you get cheaper airfare on that trip, from $910 (Tourist) to $4,400 (first class).

[TexasCajun]

"I'm not really a climatologist, I just play one in a movie silly! "

[sergeantdave]

I've always been concerned that global warming would cause penguins to stampede through my yard. Good thing the alligators migrating from Florida will keep them in check.

[Robert DeLong]

Apparently the University of Minnesota is going to award Gore an honary doctorate degree so we will now have to call him Dr. Gore, appropriate huh.

[3niner]

Gore wants to have a concert in Antartica in early July.

My first thought, when I heard this, was to wonder if the moron didn't even know that July was a Winter month in the Southern Hemisphere.

[hinckley buzzard]

I wish I could be as wrong as Paul Ehrlich is all of the time and syill manage to keep my job.

It helps if you are a darling of the leftwing crackpot and a tenured college perfesser. They don't care about accuracy, or even facts--only the Cause.

[omnivore]

Also check out the book "Ecoscience" written by Erlich in the 70's. It's full of nonsense that was fashionable then.

[omnivore]

"Gore wants to have a concert in Antartica in early July.
My first thought, when I heard this, was to wonder if the moron didn't even know that July was a Winter month in the Southern Hemisphere."

Not only that, but according to reports from Australia, the Southern Hemisphere isn't even getting "global warming" at all. It's really "Northern Hemisphere Warming" that is happening. The ice thickness, etc., on Antarctica is holding steady or even growing.

Let's have some naming suggestions for Algore's Antarctic Concert.

Woodstock On Ice

And by the way, people who go to Antarctica are supposed to refrain from trashing the place while they're visiting. How will that play with the typical "rock festival" crowd? Are penguins okay with beer-puke?

[omnivore]

It's not only winter there in July, but it's the middle of their several months of complete darkness, if they're much south of the Antarctic Circle.

How many generators would they have to run, to set up any kind of "concert" in the 24-hour darkness of Antarctic winter?

[jws3sticks]

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[GATOR NAVY]

But today I realized, in Antarctica, that would be the coldest time of the year for that region.

Denier! Do not doubt the power of Global Warming^TM to make this possible!