Al Gore responds to fnord

[Disco Pickle]

Makes perfect sense.  Thanks for the clarification gents.

[BabylonHoruv]

Fuck Al Gore.  He was in charge of the environment under Clinton and he authorized a ton of new drilling.  Global Warming is real, Al Gore has no interest in solving it, just using it for his own gain.

Is your argument that Al Gore's message should be ignored because he's financially invested in climate change?

My arguement is that solutions he proposes should be examined carefully because when he was in a position to make a huge difference he did not do so.  Cap and Trade, for example, does not strike me as a very good solution to anything.  So basically yes, he's invested both financially and from a reputation standpoint in climate change and has no real interest in making it better.

[PopeTom]

Fuck Al Gore.  He was in charge of the environment under Clinton and he authorized a ton of new drilling.  Global Warming is real, Al Gore has no interest in solving it, just using it for his own gain.

Is your argument that Al Gore's message should be ignored because he's financially invested in climate change?

My arguement is that solutions he proposes should be examined carefully because when he was in a position to make a huge difference he did not do so.  Cap and Trade, for example, does not strike me as a very good solution to anything.  So basically yes, he's invested both financially and from a reputation standpoint in climate change and has no real interest in making it better.

Kinda this.

Gore's message of 'we need to stop fucking up the environment' is a good message.

It's his solutions that need to be looked as to ensure he isn't just touting them for financial gain.  I'm all for improved nuclear capacity, electric or hybrid cars, supplementing electrical base load with solar, wind, or other forms of clean energy.

Paying for carbon offsets though?  I'm not sure about that.  I've seen it compared to the Vatican selling indulgences and I currently agree.

[Cain]

You're all idiots.

The only thing that matters if is his arguments are factually correct.  I don't give shit if he's pushing a puppy-raping gold dispenser, so long as he's right.

[Disco Pickle]

You're all idiots.

The only thing that matters if is his arguments are factually correct.  I don't give shit if he's pushing a puppy-raping gold dispenser, so long as he's right.

and if puppy-raping gold dispensers are wrong..

I don't want to be right

























hey, at least it's not cats

[LMNO]

when he was in a position to make a huge difference he did not do so. 

In politics, the thing that can get done is usually not the thing that will work the best.

It's not like the VP has a "make it so" button on his desk.

[AFK]

I think Richard Cheney had one. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

You're all idiots.

The only thing that matters if is his arguments are factually correct.  I don't give shit if he's pushing a puppy-raping gold dispenser, so long as he's right.

This.