Nobel Laureate Al Gore has a new and updated presentation on climate change. The new 22-minute presentation is available online and is a new version of An Inconvenient Truth. It includes a question and answer session at the end. Watch the presentation and let me know what you think!
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Thanks for posting that Matt. It is a terrifying presentation, but an inspiring one.
Before Gore completly wrecks the world economy, have a REAL public debate. This time with FACTS. Oh…it’s snowing today in at least two states.
Congratulations, Fran Wrage, you are today’s winner of the “Doesn’t Know the Difference Between Weather and Climate” Award.
I liked the civics orientation – good start for a debate on feasibility in history class – that can transfer to other issues – change your actions and change the law – in teaching kids, need to show them – 1 – wade thru information, make own judgement, then 2 – act on that judgement in your civic capacity. thanks for the vid!
Alas, the quality of education about weather and climate is–and long has been–very uneven around the U.S., so while many (perhaps including tico89) got a systematic grounding in both topics, including HOW they work and WHY the behavior of one is not a straightforward indicator of the behavior of the other, many others (perhaps including Fran) did not. It’s been awhile since I taught those subjects, but matter-of-fact sharing of information with fellow adults worked better than scorn in encouraging people to approach subjects from a new point of view. Seeking out basic, objective, systematic information about weather and climate from sources that have no ax to grind can help sort the science from the politics. Systems theory might help too; if punctuated equilibrium is part of what’s going on, for instance (and there will be much disagreement on this point from the science side alone), increasing volatility, including extremes both high and low (such as early or late snow, or plentiful 60-degree January days in the Midwest) is to be expected from a system responding to persistent change in the level or kind of inputs that it receives.
ur all a bunch of losers
How/Where Can I Contact Al Gore?