Posted on 09/24/2008 4:51:13 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Gore: ‘We Are Losing Badly’ in the Climate-Change Battle
Mike Spector reports on the climate crisis.
Former Vice President Al Gore compared climate change to the subprime mortgage crisis, saying the world could no longer rely on assumptions that carbon emissions would come without consequences.
During a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative Wednesday, Gore criticized moves by Wall Street to repackage mortgages into securities and said those who burn dirty fuels will also feel pain in coming years.
“The current economic crisis was triggered, of course, by the sudden collapse of an assumption,” Gore said. “The so called subprime mortgages were without collateral. The assumption was if you lump them together and securitize them – that will reduce the risk.
“That assumption just went splat,” he said. “Now is the time to prevent a much worse catastrophe because the world has several trillion dollars in ‘subprime’ carbon efforts based on the assumption that it’s all right to put (tons) of carbon into the atmosphere.”
Gore, heated at times, said the globe should stop burning coal and said called the idea of clean coal “a lie” likening it to the concept of “healthy cigarettes.”
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Yeah...to Nature
Who let this guy out? He’s upset that he’s been upstaged by the financial crisis. SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN, MORON!
I hope he’s right.
We heat with propane and need a big dose of global warming this winter.
Bring it on......
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
LLS
Has Al Gore come up with a way to stop the NASA-confirmed Global Warming occuring on Mars, Jupioter, Pluto, and Triton?
They must be drilling for oil, driving SUV’s and building coal-fired power plants on those Mars, etc.
Has Al Gore come up with a way to stop the NASA-confirmed Global Warming occuring on Mars, Jupioter, Pluto, and Triton?
They must be drilling for oil, driving SUV’s and building coal-fired power plants on those Mars, etc.
Al...take two Bayer asprin and go chill-out...
Old Al “I’m burning up your carbon credits” Gore. Why are his energy costs 4 times what George Bush’s are?
Gore... we have bigger problems right now.. courtesy of the most ethical congress in U.S. History /s
some good news ping.
Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
His sister had another one, she paid it for the lime
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank ‘em both up (3x)
Put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up, and said
Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take, I said
Doctor, to relieve this bellyache, I said
Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take, I said
Doctor, to relieve this bellyache
Now let me get this straight
Put the lime in the coconut, you drank ‘em both up (3x)
Put the lime in the coconut, you called your doctor, woke him up, and said
Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take, I said
Doctor, to relieve this bellyache, I said
Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take, I said
Doctor, to relieve this bellyache
You put the lime in the coconut, you drink ‘em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better
Put the lime in the coconut, drink ‘em both up
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning
Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
His sister had another one, she paid it for the lime
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank ‘em both up
Put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up, and said
Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take, I said
Doctor, to relieve this bellyache, I said
Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take, I said
Now let me get this straight
You put the lime in the coconut, you drink ‘em both up (3x)
Put the lime in the coconut, you’re such a silly woman
Put the lime in the coconut, you drink ‘em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better
Put the lime in the coconut, drink ‘em both down
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning
Woo-oo, ain’t there nothin’ you can take, I said
Woo-oo, to relieve your bellyache, you said
Woo-oo, ain’t there nothin’ I can take, I said
Woo-oo, to relieve your bellyache, you say
Yeah-ah, ain’t there nothing I can take, I say
Wow-ow, to relieve this bellyache, I said
Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take, I said (3x)
Doctor, you’re such a silly woman
Put the lime in the coconut, you drink ‘em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better
Put the lime in the coconut, drink ‘em both up
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the mo-o-ornin’
Yes, you call me in the morning
If you call me in the morning I’ll tell you what to do {repeat to fade}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThMw0IsuQf8
awwww poor Al....the carbon credit business not doing so well?
Maybe you will have to sell that new big boat huh?
Now they are running another nutcase.
Someone lock him up in a nuthouse!
By “we,” I hope he is referring to the global warming debate deniers who insist on clinging to their ever more questionable theories while maintaining the manifestly ridiculous fiction that there is a scientific consensus.
Al Gore is aligned with Kleiner Perkins - a huge VC fund that invests in clean energy. They have made an investment in a new windmill technology that will deliver more power for a given level of wind, (but still need to be backed up by a fossil fueled plant). He is making money at this because he is Elmer Gantry.
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