I read the transcript of the Gore speech, Had a good laugh. Of course you cannot challenge something 
like that or counter it with facts because it is just the rantings of an out of work politician.

I had a good chuckle where he says "I don’t think there is any longer a credible basis for doubting 
that the earth’s atmosphere is heating up because of global warming." Well I guess he's right there, 
IF the globe is heating up it must be because it is heating up.  Can't argue with logic like that.

Of course he must not have read the IPCC Technical Summary that acknowledged, but danced around the 
fact, that actual, observed temperature increases do not match the models upon which the entire 
global climate change/warming scenario is based.

"These models cannot yet simulate all aspects of climate (e.g. they still cannot account fully for 
the observed trend in the surface-troposphere temperature differences since 1979) Clouds and 
humidity also remain sources of significant uncertainty ...." from page 54 of the Technical Summary 
of the TAR, See http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/wg1TARtechsum.pdf

In other words, the IPCC acknowledge that the observed data from reliable sources, radar and daily 
radio sonde readings (which began in 1979), show NO general increase in earth temperatures, and that 
it conflicts with what their models say SHOULD be happening but isn't, and then they refuse to deal 
with it and just ignore it.

And then Gore refers to this myth that "there is actually a broad-based consensus" on global climate 
change/warming. There is not. Of course, there are those who want to characterize the large number 
of climate change critics as being "luddite" or even worse "just American scientists" (even though 
there are many non-American scientists who have been critical of the climate change hysteria, but 
they are just luddites so they don't count). But they are critics and they are scientists just the 
same so one can not say there is a consensus. If Gore had any inclination to be truthful he would 
have to say "There is general consensus among those scientists and psuedo-scientists who believe in 
man-made global climate change that there is man-made global climate change."

One question, though. Since he and his buddy, what's his name, had power for 8 years, why didn't 
they do anything about it? When ole' what's his name signed the Kyoto Treaty why didn't he submit it 
to the U.S. Senate for ratification? Why didn't THEY "get mercury out of the environment" when they 
had control?

I particularly found his attack against "wealthy right-wing ideologues" to be a side-splitter. What 
about wealthy left-wing ideologues like Gore. Here's a guy who grew up in wealth and in the lap of 
luxury. Never had a real job his entire life (alright - he actually worked for a newspaper one 
summer). Or can those on the left never be ideologues? They sure as heck have the wealth.

Chuck Dolci









Brian Ellis wrote:
> Media presentation here:
> http://www.moveon.org/gore3/webcast.html
> 
> Brian


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Charles F. Dolci
Director - Business Continuity and EH&S Programs
Sun Microsystems, Inc.