Did Al Gore lie to us?

Question

Before you answer this question, please look at this article first and make a valid arguement. Thanks.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/scientists-have-inconvenient-news-for-gore/2007/03/13/1173722471286.html

Answer 1

it is well know amoung environmentalist that gore version is more of a doomsday senario. the point is that he may be right and he may be wrong, if you are happy with thinking he is wrong and nothing will happen then go with that. others tend to beleive him and thats their right.

Answer 2

Yes, it is evident to me--who has no scientific background, but consider this from a former Captain w/ 40 years flying experience whom I know..."Temperature drops with altitude at the rate of 2 degrees C per 1000 ft. This 'lapse rate' is a function of Boyle's Law and can not change. This drop continues up though the troposphere,to the base of the statosphere in which the temperature is ALWAYS -57 C (at least since we've been able to get up there to measure it.)

The base of the statosphere is called the tropopause and being basically a world wide inversion is a level of heavy tubulence that pilots want to avoid.

Consequently the altitude of the 'trope' is measured HOURLY at sites world wide and printed out for every waypoint on flight plans so pilots can fly above or below it.

In 1965 when Walt began to fly the altitude of the trope was 36,089 feet. Today....it is 36,089 feet--it hasn't budged in 42 years!

If the surface temps had warmed that level should be higher as it would take more altitude to get down to -57C.

Also consider that 100 years ago, orders were growing in southern GA. Today the center of the orange growing activity is over 200 miles further south. Citrus growers know why. The recorded data shows a steadily cooler climate with deastating northern and mid-Florida freezes since the 1980s.

Answer 3

Agreed, there have been global warming before & the world didn't seem too much affected by them BUT....during the last global warming there were not billions of people living on earth. It really doesn't matter if it is man made or natural, it is going to damage all countries with a shore line. It will flood cities with large populations. The effects will last for years. Where will those people go? I don't think Gore lied, he may be wrong about it being man made, but man certainly has helped speed it up!

Answer 4

No where in that article did it say that the scientists listed in it disagreed with Gore. At best it said that only a few elements in his lecture were off. Gore does rely on science, what part of that don't you understand. Even the scientists in the article acknowledge that fact.
What the hell is wrong with you people. We have milliions of cars and suvs on the roads polluting the air along with dirty coal plants and you don't think there are consequences to this? You think our planet is infinite and can handle all this abuse? My god people, wake up.
BTW, that so called MIT prof who talks in the video that someone posted above, is named Richard Lindszen. He has worked on documentation that was paid for by OPEC. One other skeptic, John Christy, changed his tune since this video and helped write an article on how humans are changing the climate and creating global warming. And there are so many problems with many of the scientists in that video it is far to numerous to write here. All I can say is do your own research and be skeptical of both sides. Especially those who take money from the oil interests.

Answer 5

Yes he did. This is the first part of an eight part video on the politics of global warming. The remaining links can be found on the site. When I posted a question asking people to comment on the video, I was given the standard reply everybody supports it so it must be true. What has happened to scientific reasoning? ie. I make a claim you disagree with me, you tell me what is wrong with my facts. What would the world be like if we accepted consensus as scientific fact. We would still believe that the sun revolves around the earth.

Anyway here is the link for the first part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6IPHmJWmDk

edit: I notice people saying the video is all lies. If it is lies then it should not be hard to prove, should it?

Answer 6

Damn, what is so hard about understanding that all the fossil fuels that people burn changes the atmosphere considerably?
What is so hard to understand that when you pollute you destroy water sheds and natural life - plants and animals?
What is so hard to understand about it?

Why do these right wing nutjobs have to split hairs about everything? There are consequences to burning fossil fuels, there are consequences to polluting.

The way the neocons have continued to lie about climate change is flippin insane. First, they denied that global warming was occurring at all. When it became clear that insane statement wouldn't wash, they change gears and start saying, oh it is just natural and man has no impact. This is just a friggin lie too. All these neocons do is lie. You cannot believe a word out of their lying mouths.

Answer 7

Only to those who believed him in the first place. You'll have to excuse me for not looking at the website, Gore literally makes my head hurt.

Answer 8

basically... we don't know...

some scientists doubt his work, as you post illustrates... but the majority seem to support the majority of what he had to say...

and some support everything he had to say...

science is not perfect, especially with climate issues...

there is still a lot of theory that may not be correct... but we're making our predictions using the best information available, and most of that seems to agree with Gore...

so, did he lie... science says, odds are, probably not... but it is possible...

your post basically says... this may not be true because of X, Y, Z... but couldn't offer anymore solid evidence to prove it false, other than "this may not support his theory"...

to call anyone, on either side, a liar about something we don't have anywhere near enough evidence to prove one way or the other... is like betting your life on a tied football game in the first quarter... pure silliness...

Answer 9

It does not matter becuase at the "Goreplex", he uses enough energy to power ten factories. Of course, he donates money to "counter" his energy usage-like it really matters. He is just a hypocrite trying to look good. He should write another book and shut up.

Answer 10

All politicians are liars. A well known fact and Gore is no different.