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Posted by: STONERS 2 years, 9 months agoEmerging 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.
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STONERS
Feb. 7, 2007, 11:56 p.m."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."
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vikes84
Feb. 8, 2007, 3:40 p.m.I'll thrid that. I'll take my advice on climate change from someone who didn't get a D in natural science, thank you very much!!!
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NoSpinDave
Feb. 8, 2007, 4:46 p.m.hey.....He cant be an idiot! How can anyone who INVENTED the internet be an idiot? :)
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beachboy6000
Feb. 8, 2007, 4:54 p.m.If its a threat to the world's survival....please tell me why China can keep on polluting? How STUPID can he be? Let's see...the earth's future or china's economy....hmmmmm.
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questionseverything
Feb. 8, 2007, 3:23 p.m.halko...how can u dismiss those ice shelves breaking away?
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deathray
Feb. 8, 2007, 11:54 a.m.I'm not entirely sure that China and India should get a pass; they are really destroying their own environments and polluting, in an attempt t get to where the US is, which would require cleaning their industry up...of course, that would add significant capital costs to their industrialization, so they are willing to kill of a percentage of their already large populations to achieve economic parity with the already industrialized nations.
On the other hand, the US should lead by example...
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Spadecaller
Feb. 8, 2007, 12:26 p.m.No nation "should" get a "pass", but China is not a country that will bend to foreign pressure; they never do.
Like most things, the best way to teach is by example and we are the biggest source of man made pollution in the world.
Better that we start cleaning our side of the street first. When China gets hit by more fires and floods, their attitude will problably change on its own.
That same lesson applies to us, as well. As more catastrophic weather events kill, cripple, and destroy property, the willingness to face these issues will increase. Greed continues to trump wisdom and hopefully our instinct for self-preservation will emerge before it is too late.
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Eagle_Eye
Feb. 8, 2007, 12:32 p.m.DR, I agree with you regarding China, I watched a program recently filmed in China about how badly polluted they all ready are.
In their case it is already to late, all the water in that country has been polluted, there are no fish in the water, they use the water to irrigate the arid fields contaminating the crops and live stock. The crops and live stock are then sold at the markets and the Chinese people are eating it. This is a serious food chain contamination and within 10-20 years you will see a very sick country full of cancer and other diseases.
I don't see them ever becoming a super power, they will go the route of Russia and will fail because industry has taken over control of their country and we all know what happens when government supports industry.
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not2needy
Feb. 8, 2007, 1:16 p.m.No country in the world should get a 'pass', waiting for the US to make what they consider the 'first move' toward trying to correct the damage done to the environment. It's not just the job of the US, it is the job of every nation in the world to fix this. Our environment didn't get in the shape it's in with only the US's use of green house gases.
Great post EE. I wish i had seen that program.
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bill2936
Feb. 8, 2007, 1:23 p.m.Did OccidentAL Gore give the speech in the northeat, they sure could use the heat of his hot air.
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nostalgia
Feb. 8, 2007, 2:16 p.m."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"
What am I missing???
US$500 billion deficit that the US administration is running, a further US$47 trillion in unfunded long-term commitments for US Social Security and the federally funded Medicare
Almost half of the US Treasury bonds are now owned in Asia - mostly the Chinese
"all Beijing has to do is to mention the possibility of a sell order going down the wires. It would devastate the US economy more than any nuclear strike the Chinese could manage at the moment." Quote from the Asia Times Online
Now tell me why Gore doesn't think China needs to start cleaning up their pollution????
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Amazing1
Feb. 8, 2007, 3:32 p.m."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."
I don't think anyone should get a pass and that we ALL should be doing everything we can right now. You, me, the government, the other nations of the world and your next door neighbor. We have not yet felt the effects of all the pollution with which we have poisoned the earth. If we stopped polluting right now, the planet would still take a decade to manifest the effects of our past actions.
And if you don't agree there's a problem, well conserve anyway. It only makes sense. If I'm wrong, and there is no problem, I will personally engrave my mea culpas to any I have offended.
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jovial
Feb. 8, 2007, 3:40 p.m.For the more scientifically minded people, here is a draft of the recent UN Global warming report. It was taken directly from the FOX news network, so neocons and conservatives alike can't claim bias. Happy reading!!!
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CharacterCounts
Feb. 8, 2007, 3:47 p.m.All this from a guy who quit Harvard Divinity School. So much for ethics. Sorry Al, no one really takes you seriously.
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CharacterCounts
Feb. 8, 2007, 3:56 p.m.Hey Jov, nope just speaking the truth. You Dems need to get another spokesperson...Al Gore makes you guys look bad.
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newsquew
Feb. 8, 2007, 4:02 p.m.Nobel nominee Gore needs to take his show on the road to China & India where there are billions needing to hear his message. By staying in the west (toasty warm Spain), he's pretty much preaching to the choir.
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Eagle_Eye
Feb. 8, 2007, 4:13 p.m.Stop with the Al Gore and private jet crapola, that is done by all past Presidents and Vice Presidents for security and Secret Service personnel that still protect him. They can't do that on a commercial jet. GGeeezzzzzz.....some people
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PatrioticAmerican
Feb. 8, 2007, 4:14 p.m.i want to know what makes gore an expert on global warming, and i also want to know why when he was the VP, didnt he care about the "Global warming" issue as much as he does now, i think it is because he is trying to become popular with the tree huggers and the plant eaters so if he does decide to run in 08 he will have their vote.
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PatrioticAmerican
Feb. 8, 2007, 4:16 p.m.And also i dont hear about him walking to these speaking engaments, i wonder how is is getting their with out burning fuel and contributing to the "Problem" that he says we all face
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jovial
Feb. 8, 2007, 4:22 p.m.Gore is just a messenger. The scientists from 130 countries are the experts. Refute their report. Here it is:
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