Why do people who dislike Al Gore also think global warming is fake? Thats slightly childish don't you think?

Question

He didn't invent it you know, and it will affect you whether you like Al Gore or not. Don't you think we should stop arguing amongst ourselves and get on with addressing the real problem?

Steve B - tell the people from island nations who are already having to leave their homes that it is not a disaster. It's not going to be easy to reduce our use of fossil fuels, and there will not be one simple answer which will solve the problem, but a combination of many different green technologies which will all add up to make a cleaner better world for everyone.

Answer 1

Eric C,

I just wanted to briefly mention something about one of your scientific experts.

Dr. Chris deFreitas and his research are partially funded by ExxonMobil, as is the journal that he is the editor for: Climate Research Journal. I get the funny feeling that Dr. deFreitas feels as though common perceptions of climate change may interfere with the size of his personal and research bank accounts. I've met many Ph.D's that are driven by money as opposed to scientific integrity.

Truly a shame...

Answer 2

My dislike for Al Gore has nothing to do with my non-belief of Global Warming.

If in fact, the Earth is warming then why did we have one of the coolest April's on record?

Climate is cyclical meaning there is a natural ebb and flow to how the temperature fluctuates.

In the 70's the same scientists who are proclaiming Global Warming today were warning us of Global Cooling and entering into the next Ice Age.

Even if we did everything Al Gore said we should to reduce Global Warming it would only reduce the Earth's temperature 0.01 degrees.. hardly change.

Don't even get me started on his profiteering with "Carbon Offsets" throwing money at a problem won't solve it. It just serves as a way for liberals to allievate their liberal guilt and make themselves feel better for flying around in private jets and consuming more than 30 times the average electricity intake for an American family.

Go on youtube and do a search for ManBearPig it's an episode South park did on Al Gore and Global Warming, pretty much sums the whole thing up.

Answer 3

Al Gore used science that backed up his version of the argument...and simply ignored all the science that didn't.

Do I dislike Al Gore? Yes! I didn't like him before his documentary. But I'm intelligent enough to seek out alternate viewpoints and research and then develop my own conclusions rather than just assume everything he says is absolute truth.

Use Yahoo or Google and search our the alternate research on his "Hockey Stick" graph for temperatures. You will find that the very chart he used in the Documentary was REVISED by the IPCC and he still used the older, incorrect version to illustrate his point.

Additionally, the "man-made" argument is based on the theory that when CO2 goes up...temperatures follow. There is a TON of alternate research that says it's the opposite way around...CO2 follows temperature. CO2 doesn't cause the temperature to go up...it simply goes up in response to the higher temperatures.

Sun cycles, global weather patterns, volcanic activity all have more to do with climate change than anything else does. The earth, on a fairly regular timeframe, warms and cools. (Yahoo or Google 1500 year cycle). It happened long before we started using fossil fuels...and will continue to happen even if we stop using them altogether.

FORM YOUR OWN OPINION after you look at all sides. The media for the most part is perpetuating the science that backs the man-made theory and not seeking out the science that debunks it.

Answer 4

What I think is childish is for a grown man, a supposedly intelligent man, to speak publicly on a subject in which he is not qualified. Al Gore, obviously, is not a trained scientist. This reminds me of how we see uneducated folks sitting around spouting forth their strong, strong, opinions to their friends on things they know absolutely nothing about, but oh my goodness, they are so sure they are right. Children do this too. THAT'S what's childish. Intelligent people and especially scientifically-trained people look at many sides of an issue first and examine all the facts. He is a nice human being, really he is, but he is simply not trained in this kind of critical thinking, the analytical thinking that is the hallmark of a scientist. And like the uneducated people mentioned above, he does not know that he doesn't know! It's really rather sad since he seems to be such a nice person. He will be ridiculed when we go into the next cooling period when greenhouse gases are higher than ever and I will be sorry about that, on his behalf. He means well.

Answer 5

THE CONCEPT – " Apple-trees "


The concept is this: On Apple's outstanding internet store, ITunes they will set up the possibility to buy an "Apple-tree". This will be a non-profit project where the income goes to funding the project itself, aside from a small handling charge. (I know that this sounds bad for a commercial enterprise, but I predict that this will really establish Apple as an environmentally conscious company.)


An "Apple-tree" is an audio- and/or a video-file where (hopefully!) Al Gore will thank you for buying an "Apple-tree". He will then explain to you that by buying an "Apple-tree" you are actually buying endangered rainforests in the tropical belt around the world, which by itself is not enough to save the world but is an important contribution. Then he will give you a new tip with every purchase of an "Apple-tree", of what you can do yourself to give the earth the upper hand in the battle against oblivion. There are several enterprises today that are planting or protecting the rainforest, so Apple would mainly be the front-end marketing arm.



I predict that with Apple's impact on society, and how the conscientious consumers want to participate; this would be a way of getting control over the situation. In the near future people would meet at work, in school, in the neighbourhood and at home to compare the number of trees they have "planted".



This is good brand-building. Apple will make even more money while they are saving the planet.



Now, doesn't that sound cool?

Dag Skaug

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Answer 6

I use to like Al Gore, I was pulling for him to become president. With the inconvenient truth I lost all respect for him.

When people ask on yahoo what one can do to prevent global warming they give some tips and they also say plant a tree. Al Gore's motto, if you plant enough trees you are allowed to pollute.

Even if it is real, which I do not think so, he has also exaggerated the effects of global warming. Not even the IPCC says the level of flooding is going to approach the levels he says they will.

Your comment above of people moving away from Islands is also wrong. If you do not believe me, maybe you will believe the experts.
"I can assure Mr. Gore that no one from the South Pacific islands has fled to New Zealand because of rising seas. In fact, if Gore consults the data, he will see it shows sea level falling in some parts of the Pacific." -- Dr. Chris de Freitas, climate scientist, associate professor, University of Auckland, N.Z.

"We find no alarming sea level rise going on, in the Maldives, Tovalu, Venice, the Persian Gulf and even satellite altimetry, if applied properly." -- Dr. Nils-Axel Morner, emeritus professor of paleogeophysics and geodynamics, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Answer 7

global warming is real but it's not a disaster. Al Gore presents it as an immediate disaster. Global Warming has more to do with politics than science at the moment. If you watch the news you will notice that any answer (such as biofuels or planting trees) is some how found to be worse for the environment. When you put it all together it seems that they arn't after a solution to global warming but they are after a radical change in the American lifestyle for better or worse.

Answer 8

It's because he's an alarmist, people are tired of alarmists. Think about it, after 911 there were alarms everywhere, people are fatigued a bit by that.

So my guess is people need to know that it's there, and how to change. But he makes it seem like it's there and it's going to kill you tomorrow, so watch out.

People need to know what the right thing to do is, not be scared into doing it.

At least that's how I understand people's reactions to him. He's too alarmist, they get scared, scared people don't act logically.

But people want to do good, and you have to trust that. Instead of trying to force feed them the message, you should just encourage the right things, give people information on what they can do, not the doom and gloom outcome.

You'll attract more bees with honey than you will with fear. This analogy also works further, bees sting what scares them. But give them a better honey and they will flock to it.

Answer 9

I believe two main factors play into the reason for there still being people who do not believe in Global Warming. It is a political issue as it is a issue with money. There are people and groups of people who will always reject ideas at a right price. Al Gore has done a great job of presenting to the public, just what problems we are and will face. I agree with you, it is time to stop arguing whether this issue is real or fake, but that it is reality and it is time we took action.

Answer 10

JJ is on the money on this one. The oil companies are using the same exact strategy as the tobacco companies did. Also, if rising ocean levels don't present enough evidence, check out the studies on ice core samples dating back tens of thousands of years from Antarctica. Those samples don't lie and don't have any political or financial motive. The rate of carbon increase in the world's atmosphere is unprecedented and it began during the industrial revolution. Sure, there have been major events like volcanic eruptions that have temporarily changed the planet's climate. Yes, we are coming out of an ice age, and the planet warms after ice ages, but NOT at the rate it has been since the industrial revolution, and especially over the last fifty years. As science is NEVER an exact thing, the best we can do is estimate the impacts with the data at hand. If there is even a remote chance that humans are causing these changes, it would be completely irresponsible for us not to take action to address it. The changes we see now are results of emissions from ten years ago or more. Not being forward thinking in this case leaves us with some very difficult answers to give our children down the road.