Posted on 10/12/2007 10:28:58 AM PDT by RDTF
Prague (dpa) - Czech President Vaclav Klaus, a rare vocal global- warming sceptic among heads of state, is "somewhat surprised" that former US vice president Al Gore received the Nobel Peace Prize, the president's spokesman Petr Hajek said in a statement.
"The relationship between his activities and world peace is unclear and indistinct," the statement said. "It rather seems that Gore's doubting of basic cornerstones of the current civilization does not contribute to peace."
Klaus said in a recent speech that environmentalists' efforts to halt global warming "fatally endanger our freedom and prosperity."
The Czech president publicly expresses doubt on what scientists, including those participating in the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, also this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, deem very likely - that global warming is caused by humans.
He also said that rising temperatures may not matter enough for governments to throw funds at halting the process.
In a newspaper interview earlier this year, Klaus said that only Al Gore, and not a sane person, would say that mankind is ruining the planet.
(Excerpt) Read more at eux.tv ...
If you want to do something practical about the travesty of Al Gore’s Nobel, go to
Climate Audit | Oct 13th 2007 | plenipotentiary
Posted on 10/13/2007 9:54:11 AM EDT by plenipotentiary
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910721/posts
-and-
Can He Save the Planet and Win the Presidency? (Al Gore) [Barf Alert!]
The Washington Post | October 11, 2007 | Dan Balz
Posted on 10/12/2007 6:18:59 AM EDT by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1910173/posts
Al Gore and the Mission of the Nobel Prizes (This Choice Marks the end of a 105-year era)
American Thinker | 10/12/2007 | John Berlau
Posted on 10/12/2007 11:22:09 AM EDT by SirLinksalot
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910311/posts
Al Who? Nobel What?
Leibowitz’s Canticle | October 12, 2007 | Leibowitz
Posted on 10/12/2007 1:02:07 PM EDT by Bob Leibowitz
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1910361/posts
Gore Prize Based on Disproved Theory
The Hutchinson News | 10/12/07 | KENNETH B. LUCAS
Posted on 10/12/2007 4:48:18 PM EDT by kathsua
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910468/posts
Honouring a panic-monger
National Post | October 13 2007 | David Frum
Posted on 10/13/2007 10:34:07 AM EDT by knighthawk
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910728/posts
Cool reception for Mr. Gore’s Nobel
Orange County Register | October 13 2007
Posted on 10/13/2007 10:40:56 AM EDT by knighthawk
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910733/posts
Gore gets a cold shoulder
SMH | October 14, 2007 | Steve Lytte
Posted on 10/13/2007 12:22:19 PM EDT by Kaslin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910772/posts
:’) If it comes to that.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.