Al Gore explains why he’s optimistic about stopping global warming
I did a search and didn't see this posted. It certainly is interesting to hear his optimistic view.
Ezra Klein: In 2005, when An Inconvenient Truth came out, I remember that the hope was we could keep the carbon load in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million, and the fear was we would hit 400ppm. Now weve hit 400ppm and people are hoping to avoid 450ppm. This seems to be getting out of hand, and fast.
Al Gore: We have already crossed the 400 parts per million mark. We crossed it earlier this year. The question now is how high it will go before we begin bending the curve. But in spite of the continued released of 90 million tons of global warming pollution every day into the atmosphere, as if its an open sewer, we are now seeing the approach of a global political tipping point.
The appearance of more extreme and more frequent weather events has had a very profound impact on public opinion in countries throughout the world. You mentioned my movie back in the day. The single most common criticism from skeptics when the film came out focused on the animation showing ocean water flowing into the World Trade Center memorial site. Skeptics called that demagogic and absurd and irresponsible. It happened last October 29th, years ahead of schedule, and the impact of that and many, many other similar events here and around the world has really begun to create a profound shift.
A second factor is the sharp and unexpectedly steep decrease in prices for electricity produced from wind and solar and the demand destruction for fossil fuel energy from new efficiency improvements. The difference between 32 degrees fahrenheit and 33 degrees fahrenheit seems larger than just one degree. Its the difference between water and ice. And by analogy theres a similar difference between renewable electricity thats more expensive than electricity from coal and renewable electricity thats less expensive. And in quite a few countries in the world and some parts of the United States weve crossed that threshold and in the next few years were going to see that crossed in nations and regions containing most of the worlds population.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/21/al-gore-explains-why-hes-optimistic-about-stopping-global-warming/
lcordero2
(848 posts)He wanted to run some sort of money scam with carbon tax and carbon credits.
radiclib
(1,811 posts)I forgot. Now, which crack Fox News journalist broke that one?
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Myrina
(12,296 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Thanks for the thread, davidpdx.
bananas
(27,509 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Typical DEM all-talk-little-action. Been there, done that. An Inconvenient Truth came out nearly 8 years ago, but ZIPPO from the DC DEMS. Par for the course, and I see no real change coming from them anytme in the near future, either.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)F everybody else.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)That are getting worse and worse and see that if we don't start changing course we will literally need Noah's Ark. Sandy is a prime example.