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Al Gore: ‘There needs to be a political price' for climate 'denial’
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Posted on 09/23/2013 1:36:24 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Al Gore: ‘There needs to be a political price' for climate 'denial’ By Ben Geman - 09/23/13 02:20 PM ET

Former vice president Al Gore on Monday called for making climate change "denial" a taboo in society.

“Within the market system we have to put a price on carbon, and within the political system, we have to put a price on denial,” Gore said at the Social Good Summit New York City.

“It is simply not acceptable for major companies to mimic the unethical strategy of the tobacco companies in presenting blatantly false information in order to protect a business model,” Gore added, alleging that’s what some oil and coal companies are doing. “There needs to be a political price for denial.”

Gore last week cheered the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft rule to set emissions limits for future power plants, calling it an “important step forward.”

But the former vice president has called for a more sweeping policy to impose a cost on carbon emissions; Gore has called for a “revenue neutral” carbon tax.

He urged attendees to challenge denial of climate change in conversations in families and communities and elsewhere. “We can win this conversation and winning a conversation can make all the difference,” Gore said. “Don’t let denial go unchallenged.”

Gore noted how racism and later homophobia have become increasingly unacceptable.

He pointed to news accounts of an instance in which two gay men were subjected to anti-gay insults by another customer in line at an Ohio pizza spot.

The other people in line and the employees uniformly condemned the insult, according to reports. A January New York Daily News account is here.

Gore reiterated his view that “we are at a political tipping point” on climate, citing high-profile extreme weather events in recent years such as Hurricane Sandy.

“I think we are right at a political tipping point, because people are hearing from their parents and grandparents and elders that it has never been like this before. These are new weather and climate conditions,” Gore said at the event.

The multi-issue Social Good Summit is hosted by Mashable, the United Nations Foundation and others.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: algore; climatechange; climategate; globalwarming; hoax; manbearpig
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To: Sub-Driver

Wow “unethical strategy of the tobacco companies”, this from the Gore tobacco family, who made their bones growing the stuff?


41 posted on 09/23/2013 2:56:59 PM PDT by esoxmagnum (The rats have been trained to pull the D voting lever to get their little food pellet)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Yes... that is how you say it and yes al is one! :-)


42 posted on 09/23/2013 2:57:57 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: Sub-Driver

His family made their fortune on tobacco, and influence peddling.

If there’s going to be a political price for corporate actions, let it begin with him.

I think politicians should be personally liable for their public policy decisions. You think that would be either fair, or popular?


43 posted on 09/23/2013 3:02:13 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: The Antiyuppie

He’s harmless. Every couple of years he has to appear in public to exercise his groin muscle.


44 posted on 09/23/2013 3:15:09 PM PDT by haroldeveryman
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To: Sub-Driver

That price should be called “Victory!”


45 posted on 09/23/2013 3:17:04 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Sub-Driver

His 20K+ square foot mansion in Tennessee paid for by the global warming nuts must need some more lighting. He is looking for suckers to toss a few bucks his way. He needs to be put out of business for fraud.


46 posted on 09/23/2013 3:21:08 PM PDT by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: IDFbunny

For some. More, they like to compare it to denying the holocaust.

This is part of a plan I read about recently. They seek to take legitimate issues and stop all debate by making the people who would disagree objects of derision.

They do the same with religious believers.


47 posted on 09/23/2013 3:24:14 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: Sub-Driver
al Gore should have to give back all his ill gotten gain from his AGW scam and put in jail for life for the horrific economic tragedy, loss of freedoms, and extreme misery that carbon tax laws would bring about if the $700 trillion worth of extortion were to become law and pillage and enslave the Earth's people.

All because of a now obvious scam.

48 posted on 09/23/2013 3:24:16 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Sub-Driver

Ahh, but the global warming that’s... that’s where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with... geometric logic... that global warming DID exist, and I’d have produced that evidence if the temperatures hadn’t started going down. I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow climate deniers...


49 posted on 09/23/2013 3:25:45 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Sub-Driver
“There needs to be a political price for denial.”

And there needs to be a criminal price for fraud. Right al?

50 posted on 09/23/2013 3:26:08 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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To: Sub-Driver
I urge attendees to challenge climate change alarmists in conversations in families and communities and elsewhere. “We can win this conversation and winning a conversation can make all the difference. Don’t let alarmism go unchallenged.”

Gore noted how racism and later homophobia have become increasingly unacceptable.
Let us make promoting the lie of man made global warming/climate change/leprechaun heating/disruptification increasingly unacceptable.

51 posted on 09/23/2013 3:26:47 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: PATRIOT1876

A few years ago I tried to coin the phrase “global alarming” but it sadly never caught on :)


52 posted on 09/23/2013 3:27:59 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Sub-Driver
* Gore reiterated his view that “we are at a political tipping point” on climate, citing high-profile extreme weather events in recent years such as Hurricane Sandy. *

The tipping point happened when you said that there was a “consensus”. A few people noticed that you were a liar when you said that it's “millions of degrees” beneath the Earth's surface on Conan's show. It's only 10,000 degrees on the surface of the Sun.

Al gore should have a restraining order if he comes within 500 yards of the word “Science”.

Scientists all over the world had their BS detectors go off at a setting of eleven.

Few believe the lie any more, al. Go and sell swampland in Florida, or try and get a new immigrant to purchase the Brooklyn bridge from you. Stop beating the dead horse.

53 posted on 09/23/2013 3:30:53 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Lancey Howard
*This simple assclown Gore STILL hasn’t gotten the memo?
Hey, Al - - it’s over. The money-grubbing scam has been exposed.*

It's as if the Wizard of Oz was 8 hours long and the last 5 and a half hours the Wizard was trying to convince everyone that he wasn't the man behind the curtain.

54 posted on 09/23/2013 3:33:28 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Sub-Driver

How about if algore gives all the money back and apologizes for lying.


55 posted on 09/23/2013 3:34:09 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Sub-Driver

56 posted on 09/23/2013 3:34:32 PM PDT by caveat emptor (!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Al Gore is a big fat idiot, thank god Bush stole the presidency from him!


57 posted on 09/23/2013 3:38:39 PM PDT by big bad easter bunny (If it weren't for coffee I would still be living with my parents!)
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To: tumblindice
Bruce Campbell is the man.
58 posted on 09/23/2013 3:47:14 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: VeniVidiVici
"There needs to be a political price' for climate 'denial"

Hell yea.. It's you goina get ya re-elected.. Ha!

59 posted on 09/23/2013 3:48:26 PM PDT by carlo3b (Speechless in Sugar Land)
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To: LibLieSlayer

We are payable a terrible price Al. It’s you.


60 posted on 09/23/2013 3:55:24 PM PDT by spawn44 (MOO)
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