Al Gore, 1997:
"We will not submit this for ratification until there's meaningful participation by key developing nations."

Al (Emily Litella) Gore, 2007:
Oh, never mind!

The emotional peaks that this guy experiences, daily, are astounding.  His level of energy is unprecedented.  His passion is enviable. 

OR...   he's just full of s**t!

I'm bettin' on the latter.  Happy Fourth Ya'll! 

Gore is proud of the Clinton Administrations work on the Kyoto protocol. Of course he fails to mention that Clinton would not even submit the treaty for ratification to the Senate, because the Senate was overwhelmingly (90 + Votes) against the treaty.

In terms of science, the warming effects of C02 pale in comparison to water vapor.  CO2 makes up about  .003% of the earths atmosphere. In contrast it is 90% of Venus's atmosphere. But don't put the blame on C02 for Venus's high temperatures. The surface atmospheric pressure on Venus is about 90 times that on earth.  That will give you some really hot times. So Venus sees temperatures of 900 degrees.

In contrast the Martian atmosphere is far less pressurized. It is made up mostly of C02. But the lower pressure makes for surface tempertures of about 10 degrees.

Gore is beginning to sound a lot like a Start Wars character. The death star is approaching.

True, Venus is closer to the Sun than we are, but the fault is not in our star; Venus is three times hotter on average than Mercury, which is right next to the Sun.

This is what passes for "logic" on Planet Gore.

It's so tragic it really is hysterically funny. "Right next to the sun". Ha ha.

D'oh, someone told the dope about the SUN heating planets so in his own little mind he tries to make sense of that inconvenient truth

Err, Al what is the ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE on Mercury.

Oh that's right. There is, in effect, NO atmosphere on Mercury for the sun to heat.

Mercury has no stable atmosphere; the gaseous environment of the planet is best described as an exosphere, a medium so rarefied that the neutral atoms of its constituents never collide. Five elements - oxygen, hydrogen, neon, sodium and potassium - have been detected by Mariner 10 and by ground-based observations.

So he's comparing what? The irradiated ground temperature of planet surface with an atmosphereric temperature of heated gases?

Hey Al ya dope. If Mars had an atmosphere like the Earth, guess what... the planet's temperature would be way higher than it is today.

What is wrong with this moron? Is his IQ even lower than previously thought.

 Maybe planet Gore is orbiting the sun even closer than Mercury.

You've seen the spoof. Now see the spoof of the spoof on YouTube: The Clintpranos: Bada Bong

WE — the human species — have arrived at a moment of decision. It is unprecedented and even laughable for us to imagine that we could actually make a conscious choice as a species, but that is nevertheless the challenge that is before us.

Notice the word "WE", yet somehow "WE" does not include Al Gore or the rest of his buddies who use 20 times the electricity of the average American household.  Somehow "WE" does not include 5% of the population who uses as much as the rest of the population combined!  Somehow his and the rest of the elite's CO2 emissions don't count. 

Also notice the imperitive here, arrived at a moment of decision, this is the hubris of a con man, hurrying people into a decision without any close inspection of the facts as though HIS assertions are fact.  No, I submit Al Gore knows the jig is up on AGW, this is a last ditch effort to salvage the issue for his profit (carbon credits), if people don't jump on the bandwagon now, the whole charade is exposed for what it is:  POLITICAL AVOCACY, in the form of JUNK SCIENCE to grab bureaucratic control of the planet.  Notice that none of the bureaucrats were elected to that position of power, they were appointed.  They did not earn the trust of the people they sought to rule, they swindled it in true con artist fashion through deceit.

As another poster pointed out the reason why Venus is 3 times hotter than it should be, the atmospheric pressure is 90 times that of Earth.  That means, Venus has 90 times the amount of atmosphere to absorb heat and retain it.  A similar analog can be illustrated on Earth with Relative Humidity, the higher the humidity, the greater the latent energy content of the air.  An room with 80F at 95% RH (Enthalopy 39 Btu/#), has more energy than a room with 80F at 20% RH (Enthalopy 24.5 Btu/#).  When you have 90 times the density, you have 90 times the capacity to absorb that heat.  In fact, Venus is a demonstration that CO2 is NOT the culprit but atmospheric density is the culprit.  As Mercury demonstrates with NO atmosphere, the surface temperature is cooler, just like Mars with it's 7 - 9 millibar atmosphere.  In fact, all discussions of Mars Terraforming has centered around thickening the atmosphere to HEAT IT UP!

“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus Aurelius

I was reading just this morning that 2007 is on track to be the second hottest year ever since records were kept.  Devastating fires are sweeping the West and unprecedented flooding is taking place in the Midwest and Southeast. Temperatures in Phoenix have reached unprecedented levels.  Greece is melting, as well. 

I know in the waning days of winter and early days of spring, Noel “deliciously” liked to report on freak snowstorms that cancelled Global Warming conventions and meetings.  Not that I expect him to be “fair and balanced,” but where is his commentary on this latest overt evidence of global warming?  Even as a denier, you must try to confront and take on the facts and evidence in front of you rather than simply play “shoot the soon-to-be-Dr. messenger.” 

Perhaps kayaking on a pristine lake is a good idea.  You may need the skill sets you develop on vacation to get you to the grocery store and/or post office sometime in the near future.

Hope you stay cool and dry, Dave High

The next remake of Superman should feature a character called Gore-el instead of Jor -el  as Superman's father.  This al-gore lookalike will say the earth is about to be destroyed and load his son into a rocket shop.