Turn off the caps, mate - no need to shout - and until Gore's people lay off the plagarism - I am not going to believe a single thing they say.

Gore is a lying piece of cr*p and nothing but a low life snake oil salesman who is trying to shove through cap and trade because he stands to make BILLIONS from it if he is successful. Don't be so gullible, you're embarrassing yourself.

If Al Gore were President during 9/11, we could have just had the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York submit an indictment against Osama bin Laden for terrorist activities and then just gone on living our lives until lots of other things just kept blowing up. The "Indictment against Terror" would have surely shown the entire Islamic world our steely resolve not to do anything to the people responsible or anyone else beyond litigation, and we could have endured jihad that makes what we've been through sense look like a walk in the park. So, we should be far more appreciative of hanging chads than most of us are.

It was my understanding that after Al Gore's Nashville house was fully weatherized, solarized, etc., etc., it went from consuming ten times as much electricity as the typical residential customer of Nashville Electric Service to only nine times as much, thereby saving enough to run the entire house for one peon like myself, so muchas gracias, Senor Al!

Tiffany:

In all candor, there was lots of efforts made by citizens of other nations to assist us after Katrina hit the New Orleans area. But FEMA was such a cluster&@*% that most of it went to waste, either left rotting away or returned unused. They learned not to bother to help us, which makes sense if you know the context. We aren't set up to receive aid, just to give it.

"Moreover, if we are wrong about global warming, and we spend too much on trying to prevent it, what's the worse that will happen? Maybe a bit of a drag on GDP?

Just the fact that you think this is the worst that could happen if we're wrong just proves that you have absolutely NO idea what you're talking about.

Please enlighten me.

Enlighten yourself, notrocket. It's NOT my job to educate you, it's YOUR job. You do know how to use Google, don't you?

That's what I thought. You've got nothing.

Sorry, notrocketscience, but you missed it by a couple of thousand years. Officially, the increase in the amount of CO2 in the air began 8,000 years ago, when humans began cultivating. It got worse with the advent of the Industrial Revolution.

What I find amazing is that the earth has gone through this same exact cycle thousands of times in its history, yet we blame all the polution on US citizens. I know Gore supposedly addresses the whole world, but to particularly point to Obama (or any other world leader) as not taking responsibilty is incredibly stupid. WE cannnot stop global warming. We can't even slow it down - it has a momentum all its own. We have accelerated the warming with our carbon footprints, but it would have happened anyway.

And let's talk about China, and India, and a few of those other countries with multi-million populations. What are THEY doing? Why does it have to always be our country that has to put global warming on the front burner? When no one else is? We are not hte only country of persons in the world, and we are certainly NOT first in polluting. So, Mr. Gore, why don't you go to China and beat them up for a while? I'm sure they won't bother to listen...

grilledcheese....Well, they cleaned up the Atlantic City gambling establishments from the hurricane, and few are returning to that economic enterprise. Most tourists ( if that's the basis for your economy ) need a house to live in within a reasonable distance of where they are gambling. As a port, New York needs a labor force for that port. If they have no housing, they'll go work elsewhere, just like they'll gamble elsewhere. So Bloomberg really needs to think where housing is going to be placed in that area, where it won't be washed away. No people, no tax revenues, no tax revenues, no city services, no city services, no economic growth, no economic growth Bloomberg's wealth goes down the ( non functioning ) toilet.

Enraged1 you are completely wrong. Please take a look at the attached link.

Our atmospheric CO2 level has steadily increased since industrial times, with a larger increase rate in the last two decades. It is currently about 390 parts per million. In 1990 it was 353 ppm, in 1960 it was 315 ppm. Preindustrial times and back as far as 650,000 years, it was less than 280 ppm.

1. No link

2. It has been proven that cultivation changed the dynamics of the earth, in a steady stream. YES, the Industrial Revolution was like a calculator with someone holding the multiplication button down, but the change in CO2 level increases began before then.

3. Less plants, more CO2. More plants, more oxygen.

So I may not be totally accurate, but I'm not totally wrong. Check the science. I'm just saying that this hooraw is another smoke screen politicians hide behind, getting us all involved in something we cannot change, while they are stealing our lives from us one law at a time.

No question climate change is real. It has been occurring since day 1.

Sure. On the scale of thousands or millions of year. Now it is occurring in the space of decades. You have to look at the rate of change, not just the fact that is is happening. And you have to look at he cause fo the change. Can't due much about massive meteor impacts or supervolcanoes, but we can make an effort to change human activity which leads to warming.

Two miles of ice covering the Northern Hemisphere about 11,000 years ago. Was mankind the responsible group for melting them all down to present levels? Sorry, even mankind's conceit cannot account for that. As time goes on, warming will increase as it gets warmer. Similar to it gets coldest before the dawn, it gets warmer after first light.

Move to higher ground.

Once again. It is about the rate of change, not just the change. We are witnessing massive change in a short time scale.

And there is no "higher ground". The whole planet is screwed.

There is absolutely no doubt the rate of change has increased at least a thousand-fold.

Nonetheless, why are US citizens the only ones who have to pay attention? Gore - go to China, and India, and Korea and give THEM your opinion and see what a difference that makes to global warming. We cannot stop it, and no matter how hard we try, we aren't going to slow it down very much unless the ENTIRE world gets involved. And I'm not sure even then it would matter anyway - the earth goes through these cycles all the time since the planet was "born." It would have happened anyway - we just accelerated it.

Enraged1, I agree with you here. The USA alone curbing emissions would not be enough. But if we lead by example, the rest of the world will eventually HAVE to change as well.

The climate has changed as fast and even faster in the last 150k years. This rate of change is NOT unheard of. You people need to stay up to date.

http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/transit.html

There is no higher ground. The entire planet is affected. Just watch the news...

Salesmen? Is it because his ego is big enough for two?

Congress was controlled by the democrats in Obama's first two years. Why did they do nothing at that time?

The same with the unemployment rate, congress insists we give the rich the tax break to CREATE JOBS, they've had that tax break for 12 years now and unemployment is at it's highest rate, BUT, it's President Obama's fault. Start blaming the people who've earned the blame, CONGRESS, looking after their donors!

The GOP is the antiscience party. They think:

* the earth is only a few thousand years old

* evolution didn't happen

* a woman can prevent herself from getting pregnant if she is "legitimately raped"

* the big bang is a TV show

* and so on...

Republicans actually live in reality. As a Republican, I know the Earth is billions of years old, evolution is happening as life that adapts prevails, a women can get pregnant if she is actually raped or not, the Bible gave the scientists the Big Bang theory, and so on. People that do not know these things are not Republicans or Democrats, they are uneducated or close minded. Move to higher ground and be one of those that survive. Those that adapt will prevail.

Fiarchild, Too bad you are not a GOP rep on the House science committee. They are the ones I'm talking about. Please run for congress :-)

Was waiting on some clown to make this political.

pathetic...I bet you believe your ancestors were monkeys...yet somehow our DNA more closely resembles pigs than monkeys and linkage about this is denied by those like you and dismissed.

Evolution has rarely left the "prior" in place when the "evolved" creature moves forward, and yet scientists like you still buy it, but can't explain how life begins, as you refuse to acknowledge it's out of your trivial hands.

Who the heck says earth is only a few thousand years old, you clown? The bible doesn't give a timeline, only dummies like you can't resist the urge to spew lies into the data. So, while you are at it, explain what makes any animal have life? Please you neanderthal, explain it. Scientist for centuries are stumped about that, but continue to fuel the fire of not believing, so please, explain oh great brilliant person.

As far as Big Bang...it might as well be. If you did your research you'd realize that it's one of multiple theories and NONE have any proof...So, in fact, despite your idiocy and ignorant attempt at sarcasm, you are right, indeed Big Bang IS a TV show..bright person attempting to act smart, making stupid ignorant statements. Keep talking remove all doubt. Your village awaits your return, bright one.

As far as pregnancy...what type of idiot attempts to make that GOP any more than those who attempt to make Obama's statements about Special Olympics about ALL of Democrats? Well, we know...at least ONE IDIOT, with name of notrocketscience.

Quit attempting to act smart and do your damn reseach, or better yet return to your village, little brained one.

OH, and so on. Bright one.

Well said Jerry.

Was waiting for someone to make this political

A political speech, given by a politician? Someone is making that political? Somewhat like saying that sportswriters keep trying to make the World Series about baseball, isn't it?

Yes, he stands to make billions if he can get his little scheme through Congress. He's a lying piece of cr*p.

Yes, but only 30 years ago the weather in NY was much more temperate than it is now. It's not just about the change. It's about the rate of change.

Weather will have anomalies. My dad told me he hunted deer in the year I was born in 70 degree F. weather. They RIT dyed T-shirts Red as hunting clothes. In 1964, one of the last years he hunting the Temp on opening day was 10 degree below F. One of the coldest on record.

I lived more than the past 30 years you are talking about and can say the year I was married, we had frost on July 4th that killed our first garden. You can't go by a few years of weather phenomenon. In the University, we were taught we would have Global Cooling if we didn't change our ways. Maybe we changed them too much and created Global Warming instead??? No, the Earth is warming as testified by the Glaciers receding in the Northern Hemisphere. But it is not man made. Move to higher ground and adapt to your new environment. Those that don't will have to grow gills.

And, bright rocket, prior to that it was the opposite.

When I was a kid, in 1970's the concern was about how cold things had become in my region. There was concern about impact that humans were having on things that were messing up Earth's system. That "theory" fell through, now it's global warming. Clowns like you deny the fact that Earth's climate has been cyclical for as long as there is recorded history. Other scientists have validated THAT is back, bright one. Somehow Al Gore forgets that FACT when he's running his mouth and clowns like you bite. I'm not saying humans don't do things that hurt, but NO evidence has been found that shows that it's making changes greater, unless they only look at last 50 or so years, and they lose their argument when they are asked about prior, as it shows, as does geographic scientific evidence that in fact world has had multiple heatings and coolings that have created ICE Ages, as well as times when temps were significantly higher.

But you are "bright one" and even feel Big Bang is a theory that is now accepted. Put down your 1949 Science book, bright one. realize that today scientists have said there are too many flaws in that theory that make it not likely. But keep talking, bright one, your village awaits you.

Careful, Jerry. Your inability to cope with stupidity on such a grand scale is showing. Take it easy on notrocket - apparently he (that's an assumption of mine) reads only the headlines and first few sentences on most of this information, so he's only got little pieces to work with.

He IS right about one thing - the rate of change HAS increased, but that began over 8,000 years ago when humans began cultivation. And as someone else pointed out (including yourself) it's going to happen, will we, nil we. Get used to it, prepare yourself, and stop overreacting. What a concept.

You can't pin any one storm on global warming. We've "always" had extreme weather events. It is the high frequency at which they are now occurring that is alarming. Just in the last year in the US alone, we've had Sandy, a major drought, massive flooding along the Mississippi, and so on. And that's just in the US!

No, he is not going to go away because he makes a lot of $$$$ with scary speaches. And what a pleasure, two clowns on the same stage, Bloomberg and Al. Sounds like a good, entertaining event.

Ringling Bros. have lots more than just two clowns, and they cost us a lot less (especially in the long run), so sorry, I'll pass, thanks all the same

Let me guess, you are probably one of those that thinks ACORN is still around and stole the election for Obama, aren't you.

And you probably still think the earth is flat.

Haven't seen much of Algore the last couple of years. There were a few articles that he was hanging around massage parlors. Looks like getting a massage is getting expensive. Ole Al has crawled out of his hole and needs to raise more massage money.

Normw-

You are incorrect. The CO2 level of the earth is higher now than it has been in the last 650000 years. Volcanic increases are minor compared with the 45 billion ton per year of CO2 that mankind currently spews into the atmosphere.

Below is a link to an excellent website from NASA that shows evidence for global warming. I encourage all of you deniers to open your minds and educate youselves

You live in a fantasy world. Back here on earth, climate change is evident to any one with a TV tuned to something else besides Faux News.

Hey bright one, maybe you should quit turning your TV on...

Or at least quit watching disney or sci fi network.

Tell ya what, read up on recent research on Big Bang...and flaws proven.

Research and show me where any scientist has been able to figure out LIFE...

Such an idiot to say this is Fox...clown.

Notrocketscience and Jerry can't handle or understand the truth.

Come on bright one...explain life?

Please Bright one...you act like you have the answers, despite the fact that no scientist has been able to explain.

YOU idiotically attempt to bring up Big Bang, not realizing that it's NOT proven, and while "years ago" many thought it to be true, it's since been proven to have many fact based FLAWS, that make it close to impossible.

You idiotically bring up evolution, despite the FACT that scientist have tested and confirmed that the CLOSEST DNA equivalent to human DNA is PIGS, not monkeys, or other primates. DUH HUH dummy.

You somehow forget that if that type of evolution followed ALL other, monkeys of today would be gone...based on EVOLUTION that is, but you clowns idiotcially use it as a tool, but we've seen the real tool. You see it each time you peer into your mirror.

When you can explain life here and no where else, based on the scientific principles that you so dearly cling to, come talk... until then you are just a little brained person that can't accept facts.

Oh, and please show me where in Genesis it's gives you a time line of events only taking a few thousand years, sweetie poo.

But, I'm gonna wait to you can brilliantly explain your error about Big Bang, and also wait to hear your explain LIFE here, but NO WHERE else.

Let's roll, bright one. You are right, ignorance is bliss, how's that mirror looking?

Big Bang was a Theory and has always been a theory. the problem is they couldn't proove it so it stayed a theory.

And God pointed his finger in dirt on a Rainy day and there was a Flash of Lighting and than there was a man. Still sounds like evolution to to me. So what is your point. It's just that your version skips a few billion years.

6, problem is, DNA data shows evolution, as scientist like "bright one" attempt to suggest has been proven not true. Our DNA print has been shown not to be similiar to primates, again more like pigs. Plus, evolution, by definition removes the prior non-adapted species.

As far as timelines, no skipping, and when you find that reference in Bible, show me.

Also, again, I applaud anyone that can explain life. Scientists and Atheists have been trying for so long and failed. In fact, it's actually created believers, as when they can't explain it in a test tube, or other "scientific" way, they get it.

Regarding Big Bang, it was Not rocket that keeps referencing a theory that has been pretty much refuted, "scientifically" as it's not based on fact.

Jerry, first try to at least understand how the theory of evolution works and does not work, before you attempt to denounce it. You're just making yourself look like an ignorant fool.

Cam,

Elighten me, oh great one..then move forward with explaining each breath you take.

As far as your words, here's the definition:

Life on Earth originated and then evolved from a universal common ancestor approximately 3.8 billion years ago. Repeated speciation and the divergence of life can be inferred from shared sets of biochemical and morphological traits, or by shared DNA sequences. These homologous traits and sequences are more similar among species that share a more recent common ancestor, and can be used to reconstruct evolutionary histories, using both existing species and the fossil record. Existing patterns of biodiversity have been shaped both by speciation and by extinction.^[2]

SO, sweet Cameron, while you attempt to comprehend, realize how ignorant you must look in your mirror sweetie. Based on evolution I was once an amoeba, you apparently still are, as you haven't "evolved" enough to realize that you, nor your ancestors were never a monkey.

Scientists AVOID that area of conflict, sweetie, as it's a mess attempting to explain how we evolved from primates, yet none of our genetic makeup is comparable, and indeed compares more to a pig.

Wanna play, let's role...To suggest someone else looks ignorant, when your mirror reveals your own ignorance is somewhat comical.

Jerry:

The scientific thinkers years ago were mostly from Judeo-Christian families. They themselves may have denounced religion, but I would think that is why the Big Bang Theory follows the Book of Genesis so closely. It may not be entirely correct to today's thinking, but think back to those people over 6,000 years ago that were writing the Bible Stories and Sanskrit in India about how mankind came about and how close they were to knowing the Universe's secrets.

The whole known Universe follows the same set rules and laws we know today. All planets, in at least our Galaxy, have the same elements and characteristics. It is a wonder how some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn have atmospheres of pure methane which we thought was only produced here on Earth from the Carboniferous period. Or have oceans of frozen water and volcanic action similar to here on Earth. It is simply amazing.

The Pig has organs and a body that is very similar to humans, but the DNA is different. It is more like the Canines. We are very close to the DNA of the other primates, which is why we are called primates, look like primates, act like monkeys and smell at least as good as a gorilla.

Depending on the person ... and the gorilla.

The Big Bang has never been disproven and man and the rest of the primates had divergent evolution from a common ancestor starting about 6 million years ago. Human and chimp DNA is 98% the same, nowhere near to pigs.