Why are there so many lies in 'An inconvenient truth'?

Question

Some of the errors in Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth":
--Gore, aiming to undermine the significance of previous warm periods such as that of the Middle Ages, promoted the 1,000-year 'hockey stick' temperature chart [debunked by McIntyre & McKitrick, 2005];
--Gore showed heart-rending pictures of the New Orleans floods and insisted on a link between increased hurricane frequency and global warming that is not supported by the facts [IPCC, 2001, 2007];
--Gore asserted that today's Arctic is experiencing unprecedented warmth while ignoring that Arctic temperatures in the 1930s and 1940s were as warm or warmer [Briffa et al., 2004];
--Gore did not explain that Arctic temperature changes are more closely correlated with changes in solar activity than with changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations [Soon, 2005];

--Gore did not explain that the Sun has been hotter, for longer, in the past 50 years than in any similar period in at least the past 11,400 years [Solanki et al., 2005];
--Gore said the Antarctic was warming and losing ice but failed to note, that this is only true of a small region; the vast bulk of the continent has been cooling and gaining ice [Doran et al., 2004];
--Gore mentioned the breakup of the Larsen B ice shelf, but did not mention peer-reviewed research, which suggests the ice shelf did not exist 1,000 years ago [Pudsey & Evans, 2001];
--Gore hyped unfounded fears that Greenland's ice is in danger of disappearing. In fact its thickness has been growing by 2 inches per year for a decade [Johanessen et al., 2005];
--Gore falsely claimed that global warming is melting Mt. Kilimanjaro's icecap, actually caused by atmospheric dessication from local deforestation, and pre-20th-century climate shifts [Cullen et al., 2006];

--Gore said global sea levels would swamp Manhattan, Bangladesh, Shanghai and other coastal cities, and would rise 20 feet by 2100, but the UN estimate is just 7 inches to 1 feet 5 inches [IPCC, 2007; Morner, 1995, 2004; Singer, 1997];
--Gore implied that a Peruvian glacier's retreat is due to global warming, failing to state that the region has been cooling since the 1930s and other South American glaciers are advancing [Polissar et al., 2006];
--Gore blamed global warming for water loss in Africa's Lake Chad, though NASA scientists had concluded that local water-use and grazing patterns are probably to blame [Foley & Coe, 2001];
Gore inaccurately said polar bears are drowning due to melting ice when in fact 11 of the 13 main groups in Canada are thriving, and polar bear populations have more than doubled since 1940 [Taylor, 2006];

--Gore said a review of 928 scientific papers had shown none against the 'consensus'. In fact only 1% of the papers were explicitly pro-"consensus"; almost 3 times as many were explicitly against [Peiser, 2006];
--Gore showed a link between changes in temperature and in CO2 concentration in the past 500,000 years, but did not admit that changes in temperature preceded changes in CO2 concentration [Fischer et al., 1999].

Answer 1

An answerer above wrote:

"Meanwhile, the thousands of scientists who have spent years learning the underlying facts are saying in unison that global warming is real. "

Here is a link to a website that lists a vetted petition that over 17,000 scientists signed (click on Global Warming Petition to read it) that stated that

"There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth."

I'll see your 12,000 scientists who believe in man-caused global warming and raise you 5,000!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Well, it might help if your sources were actual scientists instead of a lobbyist and an economist.

I am very amused by people like you. You spend incredible amounts of time inventing creative lies to make reality just go away. Meanwhile, the thousands of scientists who have spent years learning the underlying facts are saying in unison that global warming is real. Snake oil shysters who manipulate data to fit their worldview are the preachers in this religion of reality denial.

To say that all ofthese scientists are part of some "left wing conspiracy" is just laughable nonsense. If anything, these guys get harassed by their management to weaken their findings. No one is going to take the path of greatest resistance if they havea career they care about, and yetthat is precisely what is happening. For you to suggest that these people are a bunch of liars or incompetent is an incredible insult, and it is a great display of your ignorance.

There was once a time when people respected scientists and the work they do. Now people like you insult them when they give you facts you don't have the constitution to handle. It is a reflection of your lack of intelligence, wherewithal to learn, and wisdom to contemplate that results in you making the egregious claims that you do.

Go read a peer-reviewed journal instead of your American Enterprise Institute political crap if you want to gain some understanding, that is if you have the intellectual capacity to do so.

Answer 4

The sole purpose of releasing "An Inconvenient Truth" was for Gore to make "A Convenient Profit".

First, I have to give him some credit: he recognizes that most people are too dumb and/or lazy to research the facts themselves, and will believe whatever Hollywood tells them to believe. He, and the entire DNC for that matter, have utilized this technique very effectively for almost two decades.

Sadly, most people that have succombed so easily to the man-made global warming myth fail to realize that the same man-made global warming causes make up a multi-billion dollar industry. This, of course, is designed to force changes on the "common folk" while the global warming fat-cats get wealthy via fear-mongering.

Answer 5

Gore has a political ax to grind ,In his world all the poor as u and me will just walk or do without. This is to give the left more gov. control . U surfs should be controlled by the gov. It is a lot of socialist .

Answer 6

because Al Gore just wants to be president

Answer 7

Its not a question of lies or truth. In the final analysis its a question of who you believe. Its your choice, you can believe the spokespersons for the oil industry and other corporate entities or the 60,000+plus scientists who have NO political agenda and no dog in the fight.

So, who paid you to post your "question?"

Answer 8

Because the truth would be inconvenient.

Answer 9

and yet irrespective of peoples lies, Global warming continues ,oblivious to politics

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Answer 10

YEAH, Quelisto! I'm with you!