Intense article with so many links to follow, thank you. I vividly remember wishing the ticket was reversed at The Democratic Convention when Gore spoke. His words about the environment spoke to my heart. He published An Inconvenient Truth, I own a copy, but he caved in Florida to W which baffled and infuriated me. I would have to watch his Ted Talk to give a full opinion here, but if he didn't address overconsumption, population, the shortcomings of Biden's decisions and Degrowth, he fell woefully short. Here's to your growth, Chris. Keep working. Doing the same, I know how much time and energy goes into swimming upstream. My latest, at least a small victory for what's right. https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/a-victory-for-a-clean-and-healthful
Ah, my favourite sport - tearing up Granfalloons! (such as Al Gore)
There’s another in Vermont who should suffer a similar fate. These people have totally closed minds and exist in their own clique or social bubble and cannot countenance another idea regardless of how good. See, if you write a Book, printed on paper, you are a demi-god while if you only write online, you are less than scum.
Yes, as the representative of the US govt, Gore had no choice (?) but to gut the Kyoto agreement so that it would be essentially worthless (or less). Then apparently he got a guilt complex from that and set about to produce the “Inconvenient Truth.” I actually spent money to see that turkey in a theatre, only to be disappointed by the pathetic string of “wedges” at the finale. Similar to the film’s ending is Gore’s chart presented here on dark background: “We need more…” Like Chris states above this, no mention of “over-consumption, capitalism, extractivism or neo-colonialism.” Because, instead of all the “Mores” of Al Gore, we need LESS of everything! People in the rich North consume on average 30x the energy of world average per capita. As well, people say, we need to cut emissions by 50% by (whatever) year. So what’s the problem - if we cut emissions by 50% we are still 15x world average energy consumption, so still have a long way to go. We need LESS of everything - less energy used, less cars, no flying, less consumption of “toys,” and zero expenditure on relieving human boredom!
And then after making the movie, Gore CO2-ed around the world presenting it!
As we know, World Bank and IMF are back-handed policy instruments of the US. And remember, regarding lobbyists, what John Dewey said in 1905: “Politics is the shadow cast upon society by big business.”
Dr. James Hansen: "Political leaders at the United Nations COP (Conference of the Parties) meetings give the impression that progress is being made and it is still feasible to limit global warming to as little as 1.5°C. That is pure, unadulterated, hogwash, as exposed by minimal understanding of Fig. 6 here and Fig. 27 in reference 6."
Thank you for this excellent (large) bit of journalism! Well done!
Gore's history with respect to the Kyoto agreement--pushing the EU away from a carbon tax into cap and trade and the fatally flawed Clean Development Mechanism--is past. The lesson learned is the the 83% failure rate of the CDM (EU program evaluation) is ignored and that Article 6 mirrors the CDM.
What would be useful to understand is how John Kerry inherited Gore's soft spot for promotion of voluntary carbon offsets. Kerry introduced the Energy Transition Accelerator where U.S. industries would transfer funds to finance emerging economies renewable energy development and take credit for the "reduction." It appears to be voluntary carbon offsets on steroids. Partnering with the Rockefeller Foundation, an early creator of forest carbon offsets, is telling.
Intense article with so many links to follow, thank you. I vividly remember wishing the ticket was reversed at The Democratic Convention when Gore spoke. His words about the environment spoke to my heart. He published An Inconvenient Truth, I own a copy, but he caved in Florida to W which baffled and infuriated me. I would have to watch his Ted Talk to give a full opinion here, but if he didn't address overconsumption, population, the shortcomings of Biden's decisions and Degrowth, he fell woefully short. Here's to your growth, Chris. Keep working. Doing the same, I know how much time and energy goes into swimming upstream. My latest, at least a small victory for what's right. https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/a-victory-for-a-clean-and-healthful
Ah, my favourite sport - tearing up Granfalloons! (such as Al Gore)
There’s another in Vermont who should suffer a similar fate. These people have totally closed minds and exist in their own clique or social bubble and cannot countenance another idea regardless of how good. See, if you write a Book, printed on paper, you are a demi-god while if you only write online, you are less than scum.
Yes, as the representative of the US govt, Gore had no choice (?) but to gut the Kyoto agreement so that it would be essentially worthless (or less). Then apparently he got a guilt complex from that and set about to produce the “Inconvenient Truth.” I actually spent money to see that turkey in a theatre, only to be disappointed by the pathetic string of “wedges” at the finale. Similar to the film’s ending is Gore’s chart presented here on dark background: “We need more…” Like Chris states above this, no mention of “over-consumption, capitalism, extractivism or neo-colonialism.” Because, instead of all the “Mores” of Al Gore, we need LESS of everything! People in the rich North consume on average 30x the energy of world average per capita. As well, people say, we need to cut emissions by 50% by (whatever) year. So what’s the problem - if we cut emissions by 50% we are still 15x world average energy consumption, so still have a long way to go. We need LESS of everything - less energy used, less cars, no flying, less consumption of “toys,” and zero expenditure on relieving human boredom!
And then after making the movie, Gore CO2-ed around the world presenting it!
As we know, World Bank and IMF are back-handed policy instruments of the US. And remember, regarding lobbyists, what John Dewey said in 1905: “Politics is the shadow cast upon society by big business.”
As for the COP meeting, is matters not a hoot whether fossil fuel industries can appear or vote, the whole enterprise is a scam. Here’s what Dr. James Hansen said in his latest post http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2023/UhOh.14August2023.pdf
Dr. James Hansen: "Political leaders at the United Nations COP (Conference of the Parties) meetings give the impression that progress is being made and it is still feasible to limit global warming to as little as 1.5°C. That is pure, unadulterated, hogwash, as exposed by minimal understanding of Fig. 6 here and Fig. 27 in reference 6."
Thank you for this excellent (large) bit of journalism! Well done!
Gore's history with respect to the Kyoto agreement--pushing the EU away from a carbon tax into cap and trade and the fatally flawed Clean Development Mechanism--is past. The lesson learned is the the 83% failure rate of the CDM (EU program evaluation) is ignored and that Article 6 mirrors the CDM.
What would be useful to understand is how John Kerry inherited Gore's soft spot for promotion of voluntary carbon offsets. Kerry introduced the Energy Transition Accelerator where U.S. industries would transfer funds to finance emerging economies renewable energy development and take credit for the "reduction." It appears to be voluntary carbon offsets on steroids. Partnering with the Rockefeller Foundation, an early creator of forest carbon offsets, is telling.