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Al Gore:Climate Crisis Getting Short Shrift In U.S. President Race



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Nobel Laureate Al Gore is absolutely correct in this assessment. The most crucial crisis of this generation gets little to no attention in this horserace even with the scientific reports regarding the urgency of addressing it now. Even with The Inconvenient Truth laid out before us. Why is it that so many still consider this to be so unimportant? Because it isn't sexy enough as a topic? Because they are just uninformed about it? Because they are just too comfortable to care? Because they are afraid of change? Because it calls upon reallly standing up to the status quo that all the candidates still answer to in one way or another? On the climate crisis they all have to do much better because none of their plans meet this crisis as it should be met. Perhaps we will see more talk about this once the coronation takes place in each party but if not, it will be up to us to make sure it is covered. The question then is will we demand it be covered?

To me it is also truly a shame that this country has such a distinquished Nobel Peace Prize winner in Al Gore and his words fall on so many deaf ears in this campaign simply because he is no longer considered part of "the game." I truly hope we as a people and a species don't live to regret that. I have signed petitions, wrote the candidates, and spoken out about this crisis being given the attention it must have because it does directly relate to healthcare, economy, environment, war and peace, poverty, social ills, democracy, and our very survival. If we aren't willing to stand up for our planet now how will we ever have the courage to stand up for this country? Thanks to Mr. Gore for continuing to be the voice of reason.
JanforGore

16 responses // Al Gore:Climate Crisis Getting Short Shrift In U.S. President Race

  • I tested it using two internet browsers and the image needs to be optimized. Somehow it got corrupted. Could you try again. This is a good theme. Thanks!
    stopnoise
  • Could you explain what you're talking about so I can understand what it is you need me to do? Thanks, And yes, it is such a good theme no one talks about it in regards to this horserace. Al Gore in this article said to get on the Internet and talk about it. So where is everyone on CURRENT? Where are all the people who care about this planet? Where are those who believe we must make this station our agora to really make a difference? What is the real purpose of all of this? It isn't hard to understand why those who are dedicated to this get disheartened when all we see discussed about this "horserace" are esoteric matters. When something about the soundbites of it gets more attention than the meat of it. When the climate crisis platform of each candidate isn't even mentioned. Perhaps they only put one together at all because they in their ego induced states were only looking for Mr.Gore's endorsememt anyway while taking money from nuclear CEOs and calling for "clean and liquified coal"? But yeah, this is a "good theme." I consider anything that discusses our survival as a species to be a good theme.
    JanforGore
  • Hi JanforGore, I am talking about the main picture image of Mr. Gore that you upload there is not showing in my computer internet browser somehow. ...and yes you are right about how "silly" things get preference over others that are more important to all of us. No wonder this Country and the whole Planet is going out of sync.
    stopnoise
  • I changed it. Hope that works.
    JanforGore
  • http://current.com/items/86273511_inconvenient_synopsis
    i'm confused, i thought it was getting colder and global warming is no longer a problem for americans?

    http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/02/29/li...

    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/628323/the_inc...

    ....and I'm pretty sure I heard all the candidates mention their environmental policies at every single debate and at most press conferences.

    ...not that anyone should be taking campaign advice from Mr. ex-VP, but... if he's gonna speak out on his platform, why not give some specific directives, or, better yet, his professional opinion as to which candidate is likely to cause the LEAST havoc on the ecosystem.

    The democrats are looking to their highest ranking member for leadership.

    I look forward to Mr. Gore guiding his candidate to victory this Fall.....the first step is to begin picking up the pieces and salvaging a fractured party...

    ...focusing on the MOST POPULAR core issues and getting a clear, intelligible message across.

    I doubt another GOP president would be very healthy for the planet...but who knows?

    ..at this point...if you're not fighting for a candidate or cannot choose the lesser evils, you are only helping the opposition.
    smorrisey
  • Yes the image it is showing up ok now! Thanks! The problem is that people can not see the effects of gas pollution in the air and the side-effects in their bodies. So they get all relaxed in their spirits and brains about it. In addition the majority have this tendency to see issues from that selfish and narrow point of view. "If is not happening to me and if is not affecting me directly, I will not care about it!" Therefore keep on pushing!!!
    stopnoise
  • Hard to say which one would wreck least havoc since all of their plans are basically the same and not enough as Obama likes nuclear and coal just like McCain does, and Clinton who claims to be "agnostic" on it still hasn't renounced it or their love of corn ethanol or their less than acceptable timeframe for emissions reductions. So who do you suppose he should "choose?" That's not what this is about. Also, Mr. Gore did give them guidance. He was on Capitol Hill last March and laid out his thoughts and the facts clearly and susinctly. Perhaps they then need to replay that in between their speeches in order to see what needs to be done.
    JanforGore
  • This is a social, economic issue originated from the bottom but dominated at the top by oil companies, vehicle manufactories, after market contractors that lobbied the government and the laws to fit to their own corrupted purpose. Then we have all these uneducated motorized population that accepts and worships these machines as their own "god" to the point of giving the machine power over humans. It is a spiritual, character, money ethical issue that concerns each one of us and we must expose the leading responsible parties to the public daily.
    stopnoise
  • stopnoise: Absolutely. We must now educate the population and stand up to those that would put their gold bars before this planet. Can we in time? I think we can if we start now. And that includes demanding all candidates address it more than just once or twice in a debate.
    JanforGore
  • Too many people don't want to believe in globalwarming because then they would have to make changes in the way they live their lives. I have heard Obama talk about climate change and ways he wants to attack it. It was actually pretty impressive. My first thought was that he has been talking to Al Gore lately about it. That was a little reassuring.
    I know many 'non-believers' and the biggest problem I have with them is not that they necessarily don't reject globalwarming but that they won't even listen to the facts because of Al Gore. I happen to be a huge AG fan but, even you're not, at least learn about the climate because, if you don't, our children and grandchildren will pay the price in the end.
    I can't even get my sister to discuss it with me because she doesn't trust anything AL is involved with. What can I say? I can't pick my relatives! My children and grandchildren are doing what they can to reduce their carbon footprints. I think all our hopes are with our up-coming generation.
    JoQ
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  • Oh my, it isn't just Mr. Gore who is involved in this. Can't she do research into James Hanson, the IPCC, Robert Corell, and all the reports that corroborate this is happening? Really, to say it isn't happening or refuse to listen to this just because you don't like Al Gore is such a cop out. And as far as any candidate is concerned, when they change their platform to reflect an 80-90% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020 with a moratorium on new coal plants, a carbon tax, and getting real biofuels made from switchgrass, hemp, and other biomass to market by 2013 while reigning in oil companies, agribusiness conglomerates like Archer Daniels Midland and Monsanto and nuclear lobbyists that take much needed funds away from solar, wind, and other visionary technologies that are cleaner, then that will be impressive. Hopefully, we will see a change, but again, that has to start with us. So yes, I too place much hope on this upcoming generation and am proud that my own child as well is doing all he can to help in this too.
    JanforGore
  • My questions to Mr. Gore sent to Cisco regarding the March 19th virtual discussion on technology/climate change.

    To Nobel Laureate Gore:

    1. Seventy percent of all water used in agriculture worldwide is wasted in this process which is one of the reasons for the global water crisis we are now facing (now being exacerbated by glacier melt due to climate change) which is having an effect not only on our environment in concert with drought but on food stability worldwide. What technological innovations (in concert with education) do you see coming in regards to helping secure water resources in this process, especially in developing countries where such innovations would have the greatest potential positive effect in regards to water security and alleviating global poverty?

    2. How do we introduce technological advances in other countries that will sustain our planet if the govt. (as in the case of China) is not a Democracy? Should not the U.S. lead the way in these technologies and in using them in order to spur change elsewhere? Do you believe at this time that China is truly willing to move to technologies that will preserve our planet when coal is so abundant there and their economy is expanding so fast because of it?

    3. The two main obstacles I believe holding many Americans back from getting on board in fighting climate change are accessability and affordability of technology. How soon do you see technological advances in transportation/energy/real biofuels (meaning switchgrass, hemp, (not corn)) etc. reaching the middle class of America with the accessability and affordability that will truly get us on our way, especially with scientific reports about Arctic ice melt that are more urgent than previously reported?

    Thank you for answering any one of these questions (though I am very concerned about the global water crisis) and thank you for your relentless pursuit of environmental justice.

    If anyone else wishes to send questions, this is the e-mail address:

    ecopanelquestions@external.cisco.com

    This is our chance to be a part of the dialogue.
    JanforGore
  • Thanks JanforGore, actually I am also forGore. I'll send my questions regards noise pollution.
    stopnoise
  • http://current.com/items/88813846_why_is_the_climate_crisis_a_non_issue_in_presidential_debates

    For reference.
    JanforGore
  • Thanks, stopnoise. Thanks for responding in this thread.
    JanforGore
  • we've been in crisis around climate change since the 1950s when I was a child. This is something that needs to be changed now, not tomorrow. Car manufacturers need to find a way now to convert all makes and models to hydrogen based fuel, which contrary to most ideas about the expense, would save our country the hassle of going to war over oil, and create the kind of independence this type of ingenuity and creativity deserves. It would promote our evolution into "greening" all of America if solutions were to come up now. We have consumed too much for too long to settle for anything else. Government rebates to consumers for reducing their carbon footprint should be top priority, and we are too long in our own self-destruction for us to "climatize" our country to this kind of change ~ it has to come from those with the money to make it happen. Scientists who give their lives working at reducing pollution while maintaining our quality of life (e.g. car, communications, etc.) should be given top notice and financial support from the federal government and this needs to happen yesterday. Al Gore can help make that happen. I voted for Gore and now I'm voting for Obama. Mr. Gore has been ignored too long in the administration. His day will come and I hope it comes quickly. We are shortlived for this kind of insight and leadership.
    msnomer

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