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Gore, in Phila., issues a challenge on climate change

During a daylong seminar today at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, former Vice president Al Gore finished an hour-long talk by issuing a challenge to the 500 attendees and students in the room "for each of you to become a part of the solution."

In a statistics-laden keynote address, he outlined the track of climate change and the threat to national security, particularly given that the Mideast drives the price of oil.

Gore said that while the job would be difficult, the nation - and the world - have the tools now that they need to address climate change, "with the possible exception of political will."

Out in the hall, signed copies of his new book, "Our Choice," released earlier this week by Rodale Books of Emmaus, were stacked and ready for sale.

"We can build a consensus," he said. "And we must. Because not too many years from now, the next generation will look back. And depending on what the world looks like at that point, they will ask either why this generation stood back and did nothing, or how they mustered the moral courage to solve climate change."

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Posted 02:40 PM, 11/06/2009
23
Gore challenged everyone to try and count the enormous amount of money he has made off of the man made global warming. The earth gets warm, it gets cold, it gets warm again. The contribution of man to this effect is minimal at best and self serving at worst. While we should do our best to not harm the environment, overstating our effect on it may be worse. He is a modern day snake oil saleman with a carbon footprint the size of a small town.
Posted 02:42 PM, 11/06/2009
Zero
ya know what helps reduce air pollution? - public transportation. too bad those chumps at septa are on strike.
Posted 02:43 PM, 11/06/2009
cousnvinnie
Gore... Blowing hot air again...
Posted 02:48 PM, 11/06/2009
hunterjoe1
Why wont this moron debate the world authority on climate change? Lord Monckton has issued several challenges to debate this...none have been accepted. Gore knows nothing of what he speaks of...he does know how to cash in on this topic though 100 mil so far. The climate change bill will ruin our country and has been proven by monckton not to do anything at all to help. Gore is a joke!
Posted 02:54 PM, 11/06/2009
PAIC
Go away Gore. He should be put in jail for scaring us all in one of the biggest hoax's ever.
Posted 02:55 PM, 11/06/2009
malucci
Considering his smarmy and somewhat monotone voice, my guess is that most were too zoned out after a full day with Bore, ahem, Gore to acutally hear any challenge. The challenge was probably to stay awake through fictitious statistics and ridiculous claims...
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Posted 03:00 PM, 11/06/2009
pj katauskas
23, I was going to try to post something clever, but I can't beat yours -- won't even try. "Carbon footprint the size of a small town." Love it!!
Posted 03:01 PM, 11/06/2009
murderous_chimp
I spoke with mother earth today and, contrary to the Al Gore and the green-movement's message, we pose no threat. "I've killed more people than I can count. And now you f&cking losers want to help! Help what? You d!ldos are a side-effect of my proximity to the sun and moon," she said condescendingly.
Posted 03:03 PM, 11/06/2009
RealityBites
I think Gore is great. I also think that generally, if you refer to someone as a "moron", you should try to do so in a grammatically correct sentence.
Posted 03:05 PM, 11/06/2009
BFlint
Gore is a loser. He claimed to have invented the Internet. He called the combustion engine "evil". And right after he declared Global Warming, the entire Northeast portion of the USA experienced the coldest April on record. He is a fraud that is propped up by a crazed liberal media trying to push more jobs out of America.
Posted 03:07 PM, 11/06/2009
junethe4th
In the dictionary under hypocrite is a picture of Gore.
Posted 03:16 PM, 11/06/2009
bill at
I'm guessing the concerned Algore flew here on a private jet and was carted around town in a big honkin' limo. Someone else can save Mother Earth today, I guess.
Posted 03:23 PM, 11/06/2009
DeadEyes
"Threat to National Security"???? Was it Global Warming that killed 13 Ft Hood soldiers and wounded another 31? Was it Global Warming that flew planes into the WTC and killed 3000 people. Can you tell me Mr. Gore, how many people Global Warming has killed directly and in what manner? Should we prosecute Global Warming and throw it in jail for murder, if in fact someone was actually killed? And since you mentioned it, how do we solve climate change exactly? I mean, since we have no control over the weather, how do you expect to solve changes in the weather? Finally, does anyone know if Mr. Gore took questions after he was finished with his lies?
Posted 03:23 PM, 11/06/2009
tr88
I dare Obama Reid and Pelosi to go for CAP and trade and the $1700 tax that comes with it. People will storm Washington and demand that George W Bush come back.
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