Posted on 09/17/2005 2:27:17 PM PDT by RWR8189
Hurricane Katrina offered “a taste” of the disasters, and the response to them, that the US could expect as a consequence of climate change, former vice president Al Gore said on Saturday.
He cited recent research that found warmer sea surface temperatures - a result of global warming - had strengthened hurricanes and major storms around the world. Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, where climate change was one of the key issues under discussion, he also criticised those politicians he said wanted to trim government too far, as weak government was incapable of responding adequately to emergencies.
He said: “Katrina is the first sip, the first taste, of a bitter cup that will be proffered to us over and over again. It is up to us [to tackle climate change], and it does involve accepting that there is a legitimate role for government.”
Mr Gore spoke out against the proposed suspension of certain environmental regulations, which some have argued are necessary to deal with Katrina's aftermath: “The response to Katrina should not be to suspend environmental laws and to cut taxes once again.”
Kofi Annan, the secretary general of the United Nations, also spoke out in favour of swifter action on climate change. The UN will face stiff negotiations in November at the next round of meetings on the Kyoto treaty on climate change, which binds developed nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Its provisions expire in 2012, and at present there is nothing to replace it.
The US administration of President George W Bush, which has rejected the treaty, opposes opening up negotiations on its future, calling such moves “premature”.
In a challenge to the Bush position, Mr Annan said: “It is time we began to prepare the next steps, where negotiations are required to bring a multilateral, universal approach [to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change].”
Junkscience ALERT - Brain Dead ex-VP ALERT
Oh, News flash, hold the presses. Global warming causes levee weakness.
That will give one nightmares. Can't happen. They must be stopped.
And looting
STFU ozone hole.
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I love when idiots like Gore cite our records...we have 100 years of records but we have 10 million years of what our atmosphere has been and they thinbk we can use 100 years as a baseline. What we are seeing is the natural eb and flow of our weather and nothing more.
People like Gore want to believe that we have created this so they can gives speeches and say we are to balme...if it isn't the terrorists it's the weather now that we have andered. Gore has to be one of most ilinformed men on the planet and the most guilble as well.
I loathe him as I do no other. I never can get the imagine of him standing next to a 10 ft Budda and then saying "I didn't realize it was a Buddist Temple...that is how stupid he thinks we are"
and Bush to hate black people.
Bore!!!! Just shut up!
Did y'all know that Algore drives a Cadillac SUV?
Actually the study showed there was no correlation between sea surface temperatures and hurricane strength. Sheesh, get it right for once.
Actually that is not entirely correct. Sea surface temperatures account for about 10% of the variation in the power of hurricanes. Higher sea surface temperatures may increase the number of tropical cyclones around the world, but it is believed that they would decrease the number of hurricanes that would hit the US. Apparently the higher temperatures make it more probable for a strong shear wind effect in the Gulf and Atlantic Ocean that is poison to hurricanes.
Stick to something you know about Al...like the Internet.
Hey,Al.....if the people of your home state didn't believe you in 2000,why should I believe you....ever?
And to think, that babbling idiot was almost president ...
I wonder if the Times would like to publish my take on this, or most anyone from FR, since we are so measureably more intelligent than the Gore-Bore.
I propose a poll to see how many people are really ill from so many twits getting word-time and face-time with the megamaniacal press.
vaudine
Would it have been worse with Gore or Kerry as President? The mind reels.
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