Undoubtedly there is some evidence, that’s not to be disputed.
The point of the article was to compare the number of behaviors of other famous cults with the Gore adherents.
Their insistence that everyone get in line because of a “consensus”—a decidedly unscientific form of proof, their labeling of opposing viewpoints as “deniers” and their insistence that someone (the government} do something—NOW!—or doom awaits are three cult favorites.