“To the Church of Climate, Al Gore will always be their champion. But back in reality, citizen voters have had enough as consumers and taxpayers.”
Everyone knows the carnival barker, that deep throated voice at a funfair extolling the merits of an amusement. But then there is Al Gore, the aging guru whose prognostications of climate doom were not only exaggerated but laughably wrong. But on he goes, like a Cuckoo Clock.
On social media, Oliver Bolton, self-described CEO of Earthly, “an organization empowering hundreds of businesses around the world to reverse climate breakdown and restore our planet,” praised yet another emotional outburst of Al Gore toward climate (and political) reality.
Al Gore’s electrifying speech at COP29 is one of the standout moments for me. It was a powerful reminder of what’s at stake and a call for the ambition and accountability the world urgently needs. He reminds us that the stakes have never been higher and the time for decisive action is now.
Key Takeaways from the Speech:
👉 The Science is Undeniable: Decades-old climate predictions have proven correct, reinforcing the need to prioritise scientists over polluters.
👉 Greenland’s Melting Ice: 30 million tonnes of ice are lost every hour, disrupting vital ocean currents.
👉 Risk of System Collapse: Peer-reviewed studies warn of 2050 ecological system collapses if current trends continue.
👉 Escalating Impacts: Climate disasters are now weekly occurrences, accelerating far beyond historical trends.
👉 Fossil Fuel Dominance: Breaking the financial and political stranglehold of the fossil fuel industry is crucial for progress.
👉 Climate Migration Crisis: Up to 1 billion climate migrants this century could destabilise global social and political systems.
👉 Africa’s Solar Potential: Despite holding 60% of the world’s solar capacity, Africa faces huge barriers to capital, stalling its clean energy revolution.
Few have contributed as much to climate action and environmental protection as Al Gore over the last few decades:
🟢 Pioneering Climate Advocacy: He spearheaded action as a U.S. Congressman and Senator in the 1980s.
📖 Leading Author: His 1992 book, Earth in the Balance, outlined solutions that remain essential today.
🌍 Kyoto Protocol Champion: As Vice President, he was instrumental in securing the first global greenhouse gas reduction treaty.
🎥 His Pivotal Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (2006) transformed climate awareness worldwide.
🏅 Nobel Laureate: Co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for catalysing global climate action.
🌐 Empowering Advocates: His Climate Reality Project has trained thousands of climate leaders worldwide.
📡 Innovative Solutions: Through Climate TRACE, he uses AI to monitor and expose global emissions.
For so many years Al Gore has sounded the alarm, championed bold solutions and inspired millions to act.
Thank you Al, for your unwavering leadership and tireless commitment to protecting our shared planet for generations to come. 🌏
To the Church of Climate, Al Gore will always be their champion. But back in reality, citizen voters as consumers and taxpayers have had enough.
I am now 66 years old, I am very clearly seeing the signs of climate change AND very importantly ecological collapse. A lifelong butterfly enthusiast, butterfly and other insect numbers have fallen by over 70% during that time. I have been living in the French Pyreneen mountains for the last 26 years and during that time my butterfly counts have gone down by over 50%.
Mid winter night time minimum temperatures have gone from -15C to 0C, it is now difficult for the ski stations to make artificial snow. Sown falls on the town have gone down from up to 80cm to 3 to 5cm that melts in a couple of days.
So clear signs of climate change and worrying insect declines, which are partly due in the case of certain species, a warming climate, and for all species due to the amount of pesticide residues: when it rains there are measurable amounts of pesticides in the rain and when water from mountain lacks was tested very worry levels of pesticides were found.
We are in not just a climate crisis but a poly or meta crisis.
First, there is a warming trend, a happy one, coming out of the Little Ice Age of the mid-19th century. Natural and little doubt anthropogenic too. But the latter is mostly night, winter, and high latitude, rather benign warming. And we can adapt with, as you mention, snow machines.
Second, your anecdotal evidence must be backed up with global time series data. Weather extremes do not seem to be alarming in this review.
Third, government mitigation is a failure. Wind, solar, and batteries are no panacea but eco-sinful in their own right.
Free markets and fossil fuels to the rescue! As Alex Epstein notes:
“The popular climate discussion … looks at man as a destructive force for climate livability … because we use fossil fuels. In fact, the truth is the exact opposite; we don’t take a safe climate and make it dangerous; we take a dangerous climate and make it safe. High-energy civilization, not climate, is the driver of climate livability.”
Al Gore exaggeration here:
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