Comments on: When will Al Gore join Obama’s team?

By: Ellee

Ellee — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:26:11 +0000

And another thought too, I expect Schwarzenegger could make a valuable contribution too following his pioneering green California:

http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90617.php

By: Ellee

Ellee — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:58:06 +0000

Despite what the sceptics here say, I am also a big fan of Al Gore. He has done so much to raise the profile of climate change internationally, and it was no easy task, especially in America.

By: isfiske

isfiske — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:57:03 +0000

Ian Lidster: It is certainly true that many of his findings have been rightfully challenged, but he has been one of the frontrunners in getting the world to open his eyes to the climate problem. and that is no small feat..

By: Gledwood

Gledwood — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:45:18 +0000

When will Hillary depose Obama. THAT is the question!!!

By: Ian Lidster

Ian Lidster — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:21:25 +0000

I’m with Curmudgeon on this one. Have never been a fan of Gore and find him a bit of a self-aggrandizing fraud. He was a dud as Clinton’s vice-president and a lot of his climate findings have been rightfully challenged.

By: Quasar9

Quasar9 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:27:25 +0000

I guess Al Gore would enjoy being Obama’s environment minister
but one thing is gabbing on about the environment in opposition, another thing is playing second fiddle to the man in the white house – when you are an also ran.
We shall see how it pans out.

By: Quasar9

Quasar9 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:25:33 +0000

Well Elle,
I’ve got a feeling that the majority of young americans 18-30 year olds might have voted for Obama and change
but not convinced that the majority of young americans are on the environmental bandwagon yet, after all they can ‘drive’ before they can drink or vote – lol!

By: Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:37:30 +0000

Both you and Curmudgeon have some good points, Ellee.

By: Edouard Stenger, France

Edouard Stenger, France — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:17:52 +0000

Thanks Ellee for linking to my blog. Hope you will like it !

By: The Curmudgeon

The Curmudgeon — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:10:28 +0000

How long will it be before Al Gore is leading Barack Obama’s climate change programme?

Hopefully never, ever, ever. Sorry, Ellee, I can not accept that a science that can’t tell me with 100% precision if it will or will not rain on Saturday can nevertheless assure me that Florida will be largely underwater in 50 years. Al Gore thinks otherwise. He represents a blind alley.

Far better that we spend time and effort on identifying and implementing realistic (and less polluting) alternative energy sources. That will be good for the U.S. and for the West as a whole and, if there really were something to this idea of human-caused global climate change, finding and implementing real alternative energy strategies would do more to retard climate change than anything else we might do anyway.

(P.S. — I don’t doubt that climate change is underway. The climate of the Earth is always changing. And I don’t doubt that mankind has an influence on climate, at least in certain local areas. But I don’t think we can stop climate change — it would change whether we were here or not. I do think we should understand how our climate is changing and plan how to cope with the inevitable changes. But in the meantime — let’s focus on energy sources and NOT on Al Gore.)