why do people believe Al gore on global warming?

Question

yea i believe in global warming and all but are you serious..??? cant people tell that after al gore finished his little "documentary" he went to his big a** house and turned on all the lights lol WAKE UP PEOPLE HES A FAKE

Answer 1

It's a cult religion based on faith, supported by scientists who subscribe to the faith. (Just like Scientologists can deliver legitimate scientists to support their methodology.)

Science shows us there is only one source for actual artificial climate control, and it is ocean-dwelling bacteria. Check out the Ocean Genome project. These bacteria make our atmosphere breathable, clean up natural pollutants in the ocean, and even affect ocean temperature. The ultimate caretakers of the earth are the smallest among us. Very very cool.

Al Gore and his friends like to not have real jobs. So this is how they do it. They create foundations and sucker people to pay into it, so they can enjoy a work-free lifestyle and get paid for just... talking! No different than those infomercial guys on late night TV. They make millions off of suckers too, with scientists and doctors backing up their claims too.

P.T. Barnum was right, there's a sucker born every minute. And Global Warming, Climate Change, whatever they want to call it, is just the ultimate means to part fools with their money.

What troubles me is that they think that entitles them to take OUR money too.

Answer 2

Even if you believe in the theory of global warming, he has admitted to exaggerating the truth:

Q. There's a lot of debate right now over the best way to communicate about global warming and get people motivated. Do you scare people or give them hope? What's the right mix?

A. I think the answer to that depends on where your audience's head is. In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to any discussion of solutions. Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis.

http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/05/09/roberts/ (Interview with Grist Magazine’s David Roberts and Al Gore about An Inconvenient Truth)

So the point is what is an exaggeration and what is the truth?

Answer 3

"jpbluewoo
Your scared too face the FACTS. He's right. At our rated we are going to live in water in another 100 years or so. But you don't care so I can't change that. "

I could care less if all the ice melt you are right. People would adjust as they always have. It is not going to happen so fast that tomorrow your house is under water. People will move away from the coastal area and move more inland. Population centers will shift to more adequate living conditions.
So are they really going to ever get this right, 50 years ago scientist were saying the earth was cooling. A question we have evidence that there was an Ice age. So what caused the ice to melt?? There were no cars, industry.

Answer 4

I didn't know that you had such a close relationship with Al Gore when were you there?

You need to get more information about global warming.

Now I will ask you since you believe in global warming have you changed anything as far as shutting down appliances, driving less, turning off lights, etc? You don't need to answer me answer yourself.

Answer 5

Al Gore buys offsets for everything he does- an interesting way the rich can still consume, and do so responsibly.

He took the best science and put into an understandable and entertaining form.

Do I believe him? No, but we both believe the same information.
That's the important part- he doesn't want anybody to believe him, he wants people to take a look and understand for themselves.

Making decisions based on what personalities is bad.
Widespread education and understanding is good.

Answer 6

To be honest I don't take much notice of him. My job involves the study of global warming and climate change and the only reason I watched his movie and read his book was to answer the questions people kept asking me.

At the end of the day Gore is merely repeating snippets of information from a cross section of scientists - in other words he's merely a messenger. Better to get your information in undiluted, unbiased format direct from those who understand global warming - i.e. the scientists and not the politicians, media, personalities, second hand websites etc.

Answer 7

Bob, I didn't know that about Admiral Truly. I used to correspond with him back when he was stuck with NASA after the Challenger accident. He's an engineer in his own right, and a brilliant man! I've wondered what happened to him. He hasn't been in the news much recently. Nice to see him picking up the ball with this.

Answer 8

I believe Al Gore because he is not an idiot Republican.

Answer 9

Would you rather believe George Bush?

At least people voted for Gore. Bush was put into office by the electoral college. So much for your vaunted democracy, talk about a fake.

Answer 10

They don't. They believe the scientists and the data.

"I wasn’t convinced by a person or any interest group—it was the data that got me. I was utterly convinced of this connection between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change. And I was convinced that if we didn’t do something about this, we would be in deep trouble.”

Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.)
Former NASA Administrator, Shuttle Astronaut and the first Commander of the Naval Space Command

Here are two summaries of the mountain of peer reviewed data that convinced Admiral Truly and the vast majority of the scientific community, short and long.

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

Global warming is real. Al Gore and his lifestyle don't change that in any way.

Good websites for more info:

http://profend.com/global-warming/
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/
http://www.realclimate.org
"climate science from climate scientists"

Answer 11

sound authoritative, have something to say and someone to blame it on, you'll suck almost anyone in, especially with a flashy documentary to back you up.