Why do people pick on Al Gore concerning Global Warming climate change, as if that will make it go away?

Question

I don't get it. The more I look into it, the more I see Al Gore didn't invent Global Warming like some people would have you believe. Scientists were obviously talking about this well before the film 'An Inconvenient Truth'. I think Al Gore was just the first real famous person to make most of the world even aware of it or make them realize it is serious and something absolutely has to be done. That's it right? He's a politician, not a scientist. So who cares if there were some details that are disputed... the message is there right? Global Warming is this... this is how it is being accelerated, and this is why we have to find ways of slowing that acceleration down... Right? Do people feel bashing Gore somehow makes Global Warming go away or something, what gives??

What difference does it make what Al Gore does... isn't this problem greater than one man? If not, why don't people than criticize George Bush for Global Warming, seems he has more to do with it than Al Gore.

Answer 1

Regardless of Al Gore with his disputed actions and motives man definitely influences climate change. Strangely enough GW many indeed usher in the next ice age if the ocean currents are halted do to a saline imbalance.

Whatever the details the fact is man is a meddlesome creature when it comes to technology. Couple this with certain rampant capitalistic incentives one can easily see how things have gotten out of control.

The truth of the matter is people pick on Al Gore for multiple reasons, including party affiliation, religious ideology, believing his character to be disreputable, or are just being like ostriches hoping that by sticking their heads far enough into the proverbial sands of ignorance that all will work out on its own.

But my most prominent theory as that this whole "debate" and attack on Gore has more do to with Fossil Fuel interests and there attack dogs.

Call me a conspiracy theorist but I believe some of them are working this section and influencing vulnerable minds. IMO YA has more than its share of the mob mentality.  

But you are right no matter what their motives may be for attacking Gore Climate Change is not going to be easily stopped. And it certainly won't be done via denial.

Thanks for the question it was much needed.

Answer 2

Climate change is here.  Thats a fact, but .........

This has always been a fact.  If the place where you are standing is moving, the change is the same as the move rate.

Ice was 2-5 miles thick here in Michigan not too long ago.  See our great lakes, ice helped make them, then melted filling them with water.  So when did this GW start ?

Answer 3

People in denial have no facts or science to base their objections on. so they change the subject to Al Gore instead.  

You're right, Al is irrelevant.

Answer 4

Al Gore didn't invent it.  JS is right, the AGW skeptics are just running out of excuses and since they can't defeat Global Warming as truth, they instead try to equate Global Warming entirely to Al Gore and than try to defeat Al Gore for being human.

I still haven't seen any damning evidence showing that Al Gore "LIED" about anything.

In Science, and science related documentaries in general, it's easy for new information to replace earlier information, that's how science works.  But even so... I think his film still stands up, even almost two years later.

But if you want to learn about Global Warming... just pick up an actual well  respected peer-reviewed Science journal and stop being so naive to believe everything you hear (whether that be a politician like Al Gore, or James Inhoffe, or some junk science website/blog garbage)

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aceking... the demonstration he used was not about how CO2 drives or lags anything... it was simply to show you the correlation of CO2 and temperature levels over the past 650,000 years as evidenced by the ice core data.  What he was pointing out is that for the first time in this historic time line... CO2 and Temperature split apart, and quite drastically.  CO2 is off the charts basically.  His question therefore was... "What does this mean for temperature"?  something to that effect.  He's trying to get you to come to your own conclusions how this sudden spike in CO2 could be a bad sign, when considering Temps and CO2 levels in the past have shown to go up and down together (lag or not).  And besides, it is a fact, CO2 can drive temperature when it is substantial enough... the event is known as 'Global Warming'.  Get it!

We know this to be fact because it has happenened before (i.e. PEMT - Paleo-Eocene Thermal Maximum 55 mil year ago caused by extreme and extensive vocanic activities).

Here's an unlikely source... (and if this isn't disturbing enough for you to show you that this isn't just some Al Gore tree-hugger show, nothing is)

Below... even the oil companies know of the PETM and likewise acknowlege Global Warming, now and then, and yet press on to drill anyway, how uncanny)...

Petroleum News Vol. 10, No. 44

"Finding the thermal maximum.  Towards the bottom of the well the team found what is called the Paleo-Eocene thermal maximum, or PETM, a known high point in temperature trends about 55 million years ago. That’s the point at which the surface of Arctic Ocean appears to have attained temperatures of about 68 F, showing that the whole of the Earth including the North Pole became warm at that time." ... "Many scientists believe that the rapid rise in temperatures in the PETM is directly analogous to modern global warming trends. So, understanding the response of the planet to that PETM warming may shed light on the potential impact of global warming" pp 15

Note - here's the news letter in it's entirety so bear in mind that it is in pdf format http://www.petroleumnews.com/pdfarch/314...

Answer 5

Because Al Gore found a way to make people gullable enough to push his agenda and make money on it. Climate change may be real but man has NO effects on it what so ever and he uses bad science and false statement to propegate the myth that is why.

It is the same reason people blame G W Bush for the economy and people losing their houses or jobs.

Answer 6

All I want is for Al Gore to go away.

Answer 7

Al will not comment on why he used footage in his movie that is not even real. In fact, you can see much of the same footage in the movie "The day After Tomorrow". Al Gore found a way to make money by using scare tactics. These environmental scare tactics have been used for years. In fact. We should all be dead right now because of the giant hole in the Ozone layer. Come on people. There was global warming and cooling a long time before we had industry. I'm not saying that we cannot accelerate it. But I am saying someone is making money off of this scare tactic and it isn't you or I.

Answer 8

No such thing as Global Warming it's just a scare tactic. Not one person or scientist has proven it. They should be working on high pollution levels.

Answer 9

Because (1) the "global warming" story is full of holes and (2) Al Gore has been selling the story full-time for a while now and even he has admitted to lying about it in his movie.

Answer 10

I think you already know, based on your very gutsy post, but obviously this is scapegoating.  Al didn't cause this, didn't invent it, is in no way responsible.   That makes him a perfect target for the angst of people who want a target, and care about little else.  I can't help suspecting the real imbeciles heard about Global Warming for the first time from Al Gore, but that's really their problem not mine.  The amount of time they spend talking about him amazes me, because I'm a Conservative.  I wonder what they would do if they ever got wind of all the other stuff that's going on in the world?  How many Al Gores would they need to deal with that?  I guess the neocons would rather bash away at a stationary target than eat lunch or have s*x.  I say, Go For It!

Answer 11

Most of you people on here sound crazy. It doesnt matter how global warming started its the point thats its happening. The goverment is trying to push it aside in public but I'm sure they are scared sh*tless.  Ice lands ,as of the north and south pole, are melting because its getting warmer there. So when that ice melts everything around it will flood intil the whole world is underwater and anyone who survives will die of starvation. Then the water will freeze and become frozen just like the ICE AGE we had millions of years ago after this same thing was proven to happen to dinosaurs. Read on it and you'll know how we'll all be extinct.

Answer 12

because if you don't have an argument you have yo create one and you can create an Ad hominem argument for nearly everything.

Answer 13

Because Al Gore is the most visible and prominent about it.

Answer 14

People pick on hypocrites for being hypocrites. It doesn't matter about global warming. If you don't want the hypocrite and the message to get mixed up, stop quoting the hypocrite.

Answer 15

It is simple, attack the messenger.

The science supporting GW is strong and simple Co2 is a greenhouse gas, we are producing billions of tons of Co2 a year and have been for 100 years. Most of the deniers have even stopped the silly argument that Co2 isn't a greenhouse gas.

The argument that the world is to big and we couldn't effect it is rubbish. Yes there are natural cycles and processes but we are a new addition to the the system, adding to those natural processes. GW isn't going to cause 'the world' any problem it has seen the seas rise and fall 100s of feet, we are another matter many of the worlds major cities are either coastal on on large rivers sea rise of only 1-2 feet will cost them 100 of billions of dollars, London and New York alone are the hubs of the worlds economy.

Answer 16

Al Gore is preaching this as a fact, when really it's a theory.  Science doesn't accept theories a fact until they are proven, and g/w has never come close to being proven.  Also, Al refuses to debate g/w with anyone.  It's 'his way or no way' kind of thing.  Maybe that's how he did things in politics, but this isn't at all how science works.

Answer 17

He is responsible for making global warming a tax scheme.

Answer 18

Al Gore would go away if he was not makeing money on global warming

Answer 19

Al Gore did LIE (netidol) .....Gore said "When there is more Carbon Dioxide ,  the temp gets warmer because it traps more heat from the sun" ....here he is referring to the ice core reconstruction that shows the relation between Co2 and temperature. The LIE is in telling the audience that that relation is Co2 making temp go up....NOT TRUE... The ice core reconstructions ( all of them ) CLEARLY show Co2 lags temp rise by 100 years or more, making his statement a bold face lie and himself a PROVEN LIER !