Live Thread - Gore on Climate Change

Cspan ^ | March 21, 2007

[Mo1]

Gore on Climate Change

Former Vice President Al Gore appears before a House Energy Subcmte. hearing on Global Climate Change. He’s joined by Professor Bjorn Lomborg, author of a book titled, “The Skeptical Environmentalist.” Gore will also appear later today before the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee.

WEDS., C-SPAN3, 9:30AM ET

Click to watch on Cspan3

[Tarpon]

Cow farts and swamp gas overwhelm the man made parts of emissions. Even the UN acknowledges this. So the science is settled. Ban cows, plug volcanoes and burn down and fill the swamps.

[Matchett-PI]

Rush is on here: http://www.newsradio1290wtks.com/main.html

[Drammach]

I have a flywheel generator..

The Donkey died last week, but "little Conan" is still churning out 10,000 watts a day..

[kabar]

Al Gore now giving us a scientific explanation of natural emissions of CO2 and other gases and man-made. If this wasn't a real Congressional hearing, you would think this was a joke. What kind of credentials does this fool have to speak authoritatively on this subject? And what kind of fools ask him these kinds of questions?

[OESY]

The outlook wasn't brilliant for Climate Change this day:
The score stood four to two, with but one debate more to play,
And then when Nader died at first, and Kerry did the same,
A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought, "If only Al Gore could but get a whack at that—
We'd put up even money now, with Al Gore at the bat.

But Duke preceded Al Gore, as did also Jimmy Carter;
and the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was no smarter.
So upon that stricken multitude, grim melancholy sat;
for there seemed but little chance of Al Gore getting to the bat.

But Duke let drive a single, to the wonderment of all.
And Jimmy, much despised, tore the cover off the ball.
And when the dust had lifted, and men saw what had occurred,
there was Jimmy safe at second and Duke a-hugging third.

Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It pounded on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
For Al Gore, mighty Al Gore, was advancing to the bat.

There was ease in Al Gore's manner as he stepped into his place;
There was pride in Al Gore's bearing and a smile lit Al Gore's face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Al Gore at the bat.

Ten thousand Dems were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;
Five thousand libs applauded when he wiped them on his shirt;
Then while Lord Monckton ground the ball into his hip,
Defiance flashed in Al Gore's eye, a sneer curled Al Gore's lip.

And now the ocean-covered sphere came hurtling through the air,
And Al Gore stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the surly moonbat jobs and taxes unheeded sped—
"Earth in the Balance is my style," said Al Gore. "Strike one!" the voters said.

From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore;
"Kill him! Kill Exxon-Mobil!" shouted someone on the stand;
And it's likely they'd have killed him had not Al Gore raised his hand.

With a smile of An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore's visage shone;
He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on;
He signaled to Lord Monckton, and once more the solar flares flew;
But Al Gore still ignored them, and the voters said, "Strike two!"

"Fraud!" cried the maddened Floridians, and echo answered "Fraud!"
But one scornful look from Al Gore and the audience was awed.
They saw his face bloat stern and cold, they saw his stomach strain,
And they knew that Al Gore wouldn't let that Earth go by again.

The sneer is gone from Al Gore's lip, his teeth are clenched in hate,
He pounds with cruel violence his film upon the plate;
And now Lord Monckton holds the challenge, then he lets it go,
And now the air is shattered by the force of Al Gore's blow.

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Muddleville—mighty Al Gore has struck out.

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[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Nice...Upton just commended himself.

[Txsleuth]

Umm...I would guess NO...I doubt their gardener would approve...

[Drammach]

Fred Upton (r) MI

[musicman]

"If anyone needs to buy some carbon offset credits, I have them for sell.

Gee...ya wanna trade some of your carbon offset credit thingees for my very valuable Barry Bonds rookie card??

[Bahbah]

That is pretty darn good.

[Txsleuth]

Oh...he also thinks raising taxes to help pay for his suggestions is a good idea.

Just thought you might want to know that...hehe

[palmer]

CO2 half-life in the atmopsphere is 100 years? That isn't real; it's 5 years.

The impulse reponse for CO2 is shown here http://isam.atmos.uiuc.edu/atuljain/publications/WuebblesEtAl.pdf (fig 4)

It's about 30 or 40 years to get to 1/2 of the pulse.

[A. Morgan]

GORE SWEARS: 'Crisis threatens the survival of our civilization'.. The Gore-i-cal has spoken!

[Txsleuth]

Oh...that is just sad.

[Bahbah]

he also thinks raising taxes to help pay for his suggestions is a good idea.

At the end of the day, that is a big part of what this is all about.

[altura]

Rin Tin Tin was way cuter too.

[Matchett-PI]

LOL bttt

[Mo1]

Waxman up now drooling over Gore

[kabar]

Al, we have been powering US naval vessels with nuclear power for 50 years. Does Al believe that we should stop building them as well. As for the marketplace, oil is the cheapest source of energy today. It seems as though you don't want the market to operate in this case.

[Mo1]

why is he talking so slow now?

Oh wait .. he's talking to Waxman