Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at the start of the Energy and Global Warming conference in Madrid, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Posted on 02/07/2007 9:26:52 PM PST by NormsRevenge
MADRID, Spain - Emerging economies such as China are justified in holding back on fighting greenhouse gas emissions until richer polluters like the United States do more to solve the problem, former Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday.
The world's top climate scientists warned in a report last week that global warming was very likely caused by humanity and would last for centuries.
Chinese officials said they would act after industrial countries such as the United States and others make changes themselves, Gore said, addressing a conference in Madrid on global warming.
"They're right in saying that. But we have to act quickly," said Gore, who was nominated last week for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in drawing attention to global warming.
"China's reaction to the scientific report last week was disappointing, but it was instructive," Gore said.
The United States is the world's leading emitter of greenhouse gas and has refused to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing such emissions. President Bush contended that it would slow the U.S. economy intolerably and that it should have required reductions by poorer but fast-growing nations, such as China and India.
Gore narrated an hourlong slide presentation with graphic evidence of global warming: Antarctic ice shelves cracking and collapsing into the sea, before-and-after shots of glaciers reduced to lakes and small patches of ice, and forecasts of heavily populated land masses such as Florida shrinking drastically if glacial meltdown reaches a worst-case scenario and floods the seas.
"Never before has all of civilization been threatened," Gore said. "We have everything we need to save it, with the possible exception of political will. But political will is a renewable resource."
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at the start of the Energy and Global Warming conference in Madrid, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul White)
There are wooden Indians with a higher IQ than this piece of petrified dung.
One would think that a world where spam is considered anathema, this stinking spam from the leftist fools lead by the deadhead Goreghoul would be laughed right off the planet. Suppose I've over estimated the IQ of Internet users?
Are those Chinese campaign checks still coming in? Sounds that way.
Former vice president Al Gore gestures during his talk to a Silicon Valley group in San Jose, Calif., Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 about global warming. Gore talked about global climate change after a report from Paris from the world's leading climate scientists and government officials. He delivered a keynote address about 'Thinking Green: Economic Strategy for the 21st Century' at the State of the Valley conference. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
LOL!!! Poor Al.
Ya think he believes his own schlock?
Granted, he didn't say it was man-made, but it still looks like a victory for Manbearpig.
A dead giveaway is the dying lawn!!!
Could you please PhotoShop that picture with a joint in that right hand of his and a plume of marijuana smoke blowin in the wind???
Then add this caption to that PhotoShopped Blow-Hard!!!
I urge Al to take the lead and promise to never drive or ride in a SUV or fly in a private jet again. Part of the deal would be, if Gore broke the promise/ was caught in a SUV or private jet, he would have to leave the public spotlight/forum forever.
That's right, China is just a small desperate emerging nation.
A poor vice president.......a poor side show barker...
You're a fraud fatboy, and so is Global Warming.
Comrade "Gore-bechev" we thank you for your loyalty.
sincerely,
commie Red China
Could you please PhotoShop that picture with a joint in that right hand of his and a plume of marijuana smoke blowin in the wind???
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LOL.. I'll have to see what I can do with the Joint Venture pic.. unless somebody beats me to it. ;-)
Gore is showing signs of hypertension. He used to be relatively handsome and slim. It's a shame that he is what he is now. Had he denounced President Clinton and forced him to resign, he would have had the Presidency. Such a shame.
Who is Gore, and why should I care? ;)
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