Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore
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- Pub. Date: November 2009
- 416pp
- Sales Rank: 334
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: November 2009
- Publisher: Rodale Press, Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 416pp
- Sales Rank: 334
- ISBN-13: 9781594867347
- ISBN: 1594867348
Synopsis
A Call to Action that Answers the Questions Posed by the Grammy Award-Winning An Inconvenient Truth
It is now abundantly clear that we have at our fingertips all of the tools we need to solve the climate crisis. The only missing ingredient is collective will.
Properly understood, the climate crisis is an unparalleled opportunity to finally and effectively address many persistent causes of suffering and misery that have long been neglected, and to transform the prospects of future generations, giving them a chance to live healthier, more prosperous lives as they continue their pursuit of happiness.
Our Choice gathers in one place all of the most effective solutions that are available now and that, together, will solve this crisis. It is meant to depoliticize the issue as much as possible and inspire readers to take action -- not only on an individual basis, but as participants in the political processes by which every country, and the world as a whole, makes the choice that now confronts us.
There is an old African proverb that says, "If you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." We have to go far, quickly.
We can solve the climate crisis. It will be hard, to be sure, but if we can make the choice to solve it, I have no doubt whatsoever that we can and will succeed.
-- AL GORE, from the introduction
Biography
Al Gore was inaugurated as the 45th vice president of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served for eight years. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, and The Assault on Reason and was featured in an Academy Award-winning documentary. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
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Club Of Rome Reportby johndee
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November 15, 2009: Al Gore uses junk science to further line his pockets.
The Club of Rome published a report titled "The First Global Revolution" in which they wrote "In Searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of Global Warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill"There's more research you can do on the global warming lie at www.somethingmustbreak.net/id26.htmlI Also Recommend: A New Earth, A Short History of Nearly Everything, How the World Really Works.
For those of us who are intellectually in the middle, the saving grace of his first book was that itby michael-jones
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November 12, 2009: For what it is worth, here is my opinion. And a balanced opinion, I hope.
The scientific analysis of the global warming issue is, to me, reasonably clear. Over the past 200-300 years, the earth has warmed up. Scientists can produce impressive statistics on both sides of the issue, but the dominant opinion seems to be that our globe is warming up. And a continuation of this warming trend for another 30-100 years will have disasterous consequences for mankind. I agree with this conclusion, and so does Mr. Gore.But most folks who look at the issue fail to focus on the logical next step in the analysis. And it is this next step that is very key to our understanding of "global warming" and its effect on mankind.The next step in evaluating what humans should do about the warming is to understand what role humans have had in creating the warming. If we do not know what role humans have had, we can't really decide which actions humans should take to combat the effect of the warming.In "An Inconvenient Truth," Mr. Gore states that, "Scientists now all agree that humans have a great effect on the level of warming." That statement is simply not true. The scientific studies done on this issue have produced results that are conflicting. There is far from any universal agreement about this issue among scientists.If you don't believe this, then please read the literature, instead of believing Mr. Gore because he is famous and says what you want to hear. Read the studies that demonstrate other results. You will see what I mean.I think it is unfortunate that Mr. Gore knew the truth of the above statements when he wrote "An Inconvenient Truth". And Mr. Gore succumbed to the need of the politician to lie to prove his point. You will recall the statement I made above about the "saving grace" of the first book and movie. I truly believe that the effect of his book, despite the lies (there are many more in the book), was positive. Because of his book, a huge number of people finally saw that warming was an issue. In "Our Choice", Mr. Gore assumes that all of the readers understand and agree with the statements in his first book. Proceeding with that assumption is not only disingenuous, but it also denigrates us, as humans, and our ability to think for ourselves."Our Choice" suggests what actions humans can take to avoid the potential awful effects of global warming. And his suggested actions are based on the notion that humans really can have an effect. But nowhere does he go back to the science to demonstrate that our actions can make a difference. He ignores the studies that show that mankind is but a smidgeon of a cause.If mankind is unable to do much about the warming, then our efforts should be directed toward coping, and not preventing. My strong belief is that global warming does exist. I also believe that we don't know whether humans did much to cause it. I also believe that Mr. Gore chose this issue because it might be able get him back into the public spotlight in a favorable way. and he certainly was correct. I simply can't separate 1)the fact that he had a positive effect on the recognition of global warming, from 2) the fact that he lied to do it. And he knowingly went presented solutions that are based on scientifically unsupportable data.You may think that I didn't like "Our Choice." Well ... you are...
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