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Gore shares Nobel Peace Prize

DOUG MELLGREN

Associated Press

Latest comment posted at 5:51 AM EDT 12/10/07

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  1. JD Wood from Toronto, Canada writes: It is no surprise that Al Gore, who has discussed the biggest threat to personal safety today, is the winner of the peace prize. The important lesson for people like Stephen Harper here is that they need to focus on science and scientific understanding, instead of religious doctrine that has so far been the controlling factor in their tenure. It will be up to Harper to show that Canada is a strong world leader in logic, science, and reason -- something he has thus far failed at.
  2. I. C. from Brunei Darussalam writes: Oh, and the science of climate change isn't a religion?
  3. David Stanley from montreal, Canada writes: and alll the other planets are experiencing the same as Earth
    BOO what a sham
  4. Bobby the K from Bogarttown, Canada writes: .

    No, it's not a religion.
  5. Rollo Tomasi from Rock, Belgium writes: Gore from the floor in Denver?
  6. R. Carriere from Maritimes, Canada writes:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/oct/11/climatechange

    Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, was yesterday criticised by a high court judge who highlighted what he said were 'nine scientific errors' in the film.

    Mr Justice Barton yesterday said that while the film was
    'broadly accurate' in its presentation of climate change, he identified nine significant errors in the film, some of which, he said, had arisen in 'the context of alarmism and exaggeration' to support the former US vice-president's views on climate change.
  7. Joe Wallach from Russell, Ontario, Canada writes: JD Wood, what is Gore's scientific background? He has NONE! Though I don't support David Suzuki's rhetoric on the subject of global warming, at least he is a scientist and, in that regard alone, has far more credibility than the upcoming Democratic presidential candidate.

    Anthropogenic global warming is fear mongering because, as has been posted in the various G&M forums many times, there is abundant scientific evidence that the earth has undergone many natural heating and cooling cycles.

    Gore's being co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize completely demeans this formerly prestigious award! It's only value now is the cash that goes with it.
  8. Graham Hanlon from Brampton, Canada writes: This is comparable to when they gave the NPP to Kissinger and Tho for ending the Vietnam war! Surely they must be joking...how about a NPP for Inconvenient Mistruths or how Generation Investment Managament grew from a little start up asset management company in one year! By the way congratulations, sort of, to the U.N. this would be the 6th or 7th NPP awarded to that venerable body or agencies within it. What a shame! Proof positive that you can fool the people all of the time.
  9. matt e from Canada writes: As long as there is big money in fossil fuels and unchecked consumerism,
    there will be clowns denying global warming. Its a fact people. What are you personally doing about it.
  10. Khalid Rahim from scarborough, Canada writes: His criticizers will come out with excuses! Never the less Al Gore had been working to make us realize the dangers of climatic changes. When he was the Vice-President of USA. Most at that time believed it
    as political move to gain popularity.But he was determined to show the world, how dangerously we were treading towards disaster and the ice-caps at the poles are proving it. Al Gore deserves the Prize.
  11. Paul Bowler from Canberra, Australia writes: So, having won the Nobel Peace Prize, Al will now announce his candidature for the Democrat nomination for the 2008 election. After he wins that nomination, he will chose Hilary Clinton as his vice-presidential running mate (she will accept), and they will win the 2008 election! Sweet irony - a former Veep is now the President, with the wife of his former President as his Veep! Perfect!
  12. Hugh Campbell from Canada writes: Joe Wallach from Russell, Ontario, Canada writes: 'there is abundant scientific evidence that the earth has undergone many natural heating and cooling cycles.'

    Apart from deniers, no-one has said that anthropogenic global warming and natural cycles are mutually exclusive.
  13. G. Sam from Canada writes: What a farce! Awarding that buffon any acknowledgement at all makes a complete mockery about real worth. Instead the award only advances the old adage that 'It pays to advertize'!
  14. Graham Hanlon from Brampton, Canada writes: Khalid Rahim from scarborough, Canada writes: His criticizers will come out with excuses! Never the less Al Gore had been working to make us realize the dangers of climatic changes. When he was the Vice-President of USA. Most at that time believed it
    as political move to gain popularity.But he was determined to show the world, how dangerously we were treading towards disaster and the ice-caps at the poles are proving it. Al Gore deserves the Prize.

    Khalid, are you aware that the ice cap in Antartica is actually growing?

    I will give Mr. Gore his due, he has raised the awareness of global warming, however by using scare tactics and mistruths he discredits himself and by virtue of that makes this award nothing more than an exercise in propoganda.
  15. Lesley D from India writes: someone has won the nobel peace prize on the basis or increasing global awareness to climate change... and its Al Gore?? what about the hundreds that came before him and are actually scientists, not preaching ex-politicians. why not give it to DAVID SUZUKI
  16. Joe Wallach from Russell, Ontario, Canada writes: Hugh Campbell, I agree that natural and anthropogenic global warming are not mutually exclusive. Nonetheless, what percentage of global warming is due to human activity?

    To matt e from Canada, I personally am doing much more than Gore to protect the environment because I don't live in a mansion that consumes the vast amounts of energy that his does. Also I don't have numerous homes, as he allegedly does, nor do I fly to conferences on private planes.

    My point is not to brag because, in reality, I can't afford to own or do what Gore does, but it is to underscore Gore's unmitigated hypocrisy in this issue. If he were a man of honor, he would give it back.
  17. Emma Hawthorne from Canada writes: If the ultimate hat trick in this life is to win the Nobel, an Oscar and be president of the United States, Mr. Gore already officially has two in the bag, and many say he actually won the presidency as well. What an extraordinary individual. I hope his work will save Earth from global warming.
  18. TED DICKIE from LIVERPOOL,NOVA SCOTIA, Canada writes: To G.Sam,re: Buffon? You,got the wrong 'Buffon?' He's in the Oval Office.Where,Al Gore should have been----if not for,those 'hanging chads' in Florida? The entire world has paid a very heavy price for that 'Buffon!'And America will continue for many years to pay for Junior's screw-ups!'
  19. Michael Crowell from Halifax, Canada writes: This weekend Al and his Hollywood friends like Laura David will celebrate this marketing masterpiece that made them all even richer than before. Behind those gated communities at the parties they will all have a good laugh on how stupid the people are to fall for this glamour induced spell. Meanwhile in the time it takes to complete just one Hollywood party 10,000 children will strave to death all alone. Some poor aid worker or doctor who has given his or her life to aliviate this situation will hear this news about Al and just shake their heads. A Peace Prize for Al Gore, this has to be a joke. My thanks and hopes are with the thousand who are the ones who really deserve this award. The Noble Peace Prize has reached a new low point.
  20. Bill M from Canada writes: What exactly does a documentary on the climate have to do with world peace? Have they stopped the slaughter in dafur because of this movie?

    And as an aside, for all the Goracles who claim every leading scientist is convinced about global warming, go to iceagenow.com and check out some of the links. Some very interesting information there.
  21. t scot from Canada writes: Conservatives must have a difficult time following the oil lobby's directives on global warming. I find it amusing to read their b. s.
    Congradulations to Al Gore.
  22. Expert Eel from Canada writes: It's about time Gore got a nobel prize.

    He should have won one for inventing the internets.
  23. janfromthe bruce from Canada writes: And to tag onto Ted Dickiet from liverpool, Nova Scotia's ending comment, 'And America will continue for many years to pay for Junior's screw-ups!' Not anywhere as much as Iran is paying with their lives and country now thrown into secratarian violence.
  24. Clive Gingell from Ottawa, Canada writes: What, Britney Spears wasn't available?
  25. t scot from Canada writes: Bill M...you must be a troubled individual. Why nor err on the side side of the planets survival?
  26. Chris K from Hong Kong writes: Well, I guess Michael Crowell hangs in better circles than I do. Enjoy your weekend Michael. Maybe Joe Wallach can join you as he obviously knows much about Al Gore's life than the rest of us. Don't believe everything you read folks -- the man never said he invented the Internet, by way of example. While I can't say I completely understand the connect between a Nobel Peace Prize and global warming, at least this is someone who got off his rear end and brought a very relevant topic to light in most of the world. He made some mistakes doing so, yes, but at least he's got the brain cells to say we're all in this together. Unless you live on Graham Hanlon's planet, wherever that may be because no one in their right mind can claim to state that the Antarctic ice cap is growing.
  27. Out of Toronto, finally from Montréal, Canada writes: Wow, the bozos are out in full force today. I bet that M Wente will soon write another climate change critic column. Science and world opinion have moved on years ago, it is time that the Harperites move on! Congrats Al Gore!
  28. Mark H from Columbus, IN, United States writes: I called this years ago, but I thought it would take him longer. People are sheep....Al Gore winning a Peace Prize proves it.
  29. D W from Halifax, Canada writes: Expert eel. Kudos :)

    For anyone who would congratulate Gore there is no sense in trying to reason with them. Their religion is Environmentalism and like an belief, it completely ignores reason or logic.

    Al Gore is in it for the money, fame and power...and he doesn't care how many lies he has to tell to get there....as long as there are puppets to believe, there are fools that will award him prizes....almost as foolish as Arafat be awarded it.
  30. Bill M from Canada writes: t scot from Canada writes: Bill M...you must be a troubled individual. Why nor err on the side side of the planets survival?

    t scot: I've done everything I can, for what's it's worth. but when I see Goracle fear mongering, while setting up a company that buys and sells carbon credits, and I see Suzuki accepting donations from the worlds largest manufacturer of hybrid cars, I get a tad suspicious. When Suzuki left his diesel bus running for three hours last February in Calgary, so it would stay warm to transport he and his entourage of eight the four blocks to his hotel, and then said it's okay because he buys carbon credits, I start to think that this Kyoto Accord is a scheme designed for the rich. When they tax gasoline so you pay $5 a litre, the highways will still be full of gas guzzling SUV's, but they won't be driven by the working class people.
  31. M S from Toronto, Canada writes: Congratulations to Gore, the rightful president of the United States. Imagine what the last seven years might have been like with him in office instead of George 'Yip yip yahoo let's conquer the Mid-East' Bush.
  32. B Fulsom from Menlo Park, United States writes: Graham Hanlon from Brampton, Canada writes: This is comparable to when they gave the NPP to Kissinger and Tho for ending the Vietnam war!

    Right, and as I commented yesterday, similar to handing it to Yasser Arafat for his efforts towards peace in the Middle East. A few years ago, they awarded it to the UN... about as relevant as Time magazine naming 'you' as the Person of the Year. Or when they recently gave it to Jimmy Carter, thirty years after his presidency. I can't wait until Bill Gates wins it for his humanitarian and charitable contributions...and is forced to share it with Bono, because, you know, creating worldwide understanding about a problem is more important than actually doing something about it.

    When does Moore win his NPP for Farenheit 9/11?
  33. dean spence from bright old city, ontario, Canada writes: Absolutely hilarious. The nobel is now driven by a mixture of stupidity, pop culture and left wing politics. ON the bright side - gore for president!!! I wuld love to see the goracle mess up the democratic renewal.
    I guess this prize will go in the trophy room of the mega-mansion he uses to save energy.
  34. David any from Loon-a-Tick, Canada writes: Congratulations Al. You aren't a loser after all. The greatest danger to my personal life was the day you didn't wrestle the Presidency out of Bush and his Bubas hands in Florida. ' A Faint heart never won a Fair Lady.'
    Well you don't need to be President to be a leader.
  35. Bill M from Canada writes: dean spence from bright old city, ontario, Canada writes: Absolutely hilarious. The nobel is now driven by a mixture of stupidity, pop culture and left wing politics. ON the bright side - gore for president!!! I wuld love to see the goracle mess up the democratic renewal.
    I guess this prize will go in the trophy room of the mega-mansion he uses to save energy.

    The mega mansion is okay though. He buys carbon credits from himself.
  36. Mike McFae from Canada writes: Just because some people don't think much of Al Gore doesn't mean they are deniers. The climate is constantly changing and we are presently experiencing global warming. Unfortunately Gore has milked this subject for all its worth and the NPP Committee should have stayed away from this opportunist. Gore's specialty is marketing and promotion and he is one of the world's best spinners which probably explains how such an uncharismatic person became Vice-President of the US. His movie was littered with untruths and they are slowly being recognized as such. History will not be kind to his movie in the same vein as we now marvel as the naivety of the hysteric reaction to Orwell's '1984' . I hope that Gore someday will use his talents to address AIDS, cancer or child poverty.
  37. Chris K from Hong Kong writes: Instead of crapping on anyone and everyone, perhaps instead we should be asking what we've done about any given problem? And then shut up about it.
  38. Dave T from midwest, Canada writes: If Winston Churchill can receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, then Al Gore might as well get one for Peace.
  39. Pete Kauchak, Red Tory from Cascadia, Canada writes: Well I was a believer in the climate change hysteria but now I'm not so sure...More recent studies have proven that the lifetime of CO2 in our atmosphere is only 5-7 years and not the 100 years the IPCC has claimed and that temperature changes will only be half of what the IPCC report says it will be.If anyone can debunk these studies and make me a believer again then please do so. I'm listening

    http://planetgore.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDc0MTY2NmVlOWNiNjc4ODk0NGUzMDE2YTRlMjMxNzc=
  40. D W from Halifax, Canada writes: M S from Toronot, my guess is the US would be short a few more skyscrapers.
  41. James C. from Chaozhou, Guangdong, China writes: as some have said, al gore has at least done something to raise awareness, even if what the methods he's used to bring that awareness about are a bit suspect.

    i cant make the connection between what al gore has done and PEACE, there are certainly other people out in the world working towards peace in various places that will likely remain unknown and that deserve the nobel PEACE prize. the criteria for winning this award seem very nebulous these days.

    i suppose in the coming decades, if we dont do anything to reduce emissions and everyone eventually starts fighting each other for water and habitable land, then the reasons for this award might become more clear.
  42. John McCaffery from Warragul, Australia writes: It is all about politics - nothing to do with peace. What has Gore done for peace? Maybe it was meant to be Noble Piece, not Nobel Peace honours for the film!
  43. M P from Ottawa, Canada writes: Wow. What a group today on this board. Human activity is changing the climate. Previous natural warming and cooling trends did not occur when there were 6 billion people on the planet belching out ghg emissions 24/7.
    Even if you don't buy the science, at least buy the fact that human activity is changing this planet and not for the better.
  44. Dave a Conservative from Ottawa, Canada writes: Apparently, the selection committee was by Mr. Bean.

    GWB is sharing the prize with Gore for GWB role in 'bringing peace to the Middle East.'

    Oh, what's that? Yes, Gore also won the Nobel Prize for 'inventing' the internet too!

    pathetic.
  45. James C. from Chaozhou, Guangdong, China writes: maybe there ought to be a 'Miscellaneous' category for the Nobel Prize.

    and the Nobel Prize for Disparate and Unclassifiable Activity goes to Al Gore. that's mroe like it....
  46. Tim Bee from Canada writes: What does that have to do with peace?
  47. Thomas Price from Whitefish, Canada writes: The only thing half sensible about this award is that it was NOT for science, physics or any other technical excellence. As for a 'Peace' award, many of the posters are right, it should have been a 'Religion' award. Mr Gore's evangelical rants based on little more than contrived assumptions, bad science and largely faith can only be classed as religious and more specifically 'Cultism'. Mr Nobel, if he is watching, has witnessed his attempt to reward excellence dashed against the rocks of political expediency. Shame on the administrators of his awards, you have violated the very essence of them. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME.
  48. Chris K from Hong Kong writes: Dave a Conservative from Ottawa: once you divert yourself from Mr Bean movies, go read something! You'll find out, among many other things, that the comment about the Internet never happened. Start questioning things, stop whining!
  49. Jacob Alderman from Toronto, Canada writes: Excellent. anyone who has studied the causes of war knows full well that, though wars are started by social decisions, the underlying cause of such discontent is often economic... and often based on resource availability.

    Climate change threatens our basic resource base... will water still flow to Alberta if there's no snow left in the Rockies, for example. And how will people react when they can no longer feed themselves? Revolution? War? Ethnic cleansing?

    Global climate change is the world's greatest threat to peace.
  50. Pete Kauchak, Red Tory from Cascadia, Canada writes: M P from Ottawa, Canada writes: Wow. What a group today on this board. Human activity is changing the climate. Previous natural warming and cooling trends did not occur when there were 6 billion people on the planet belching out ghg emissions 24/7.
    Even if you don't buy the science, at least buy the fact that human activity is changing this planet and not for the better.

    But it's not as bad as the IPCC makes it out to be hence the term 'alarmism'. Newer studies (as recent as a month ago) are showing some aspects of the report are wrong
  51. Ex Drone from Ottawa, Canada writes: D W from Halifax, Canada writes: '... For anyone who would congratulate Gore there is no sense in trying to reason with them. Their religion is Environmentalism and like an belief, it completely ignores reason or logic.'

    It's 2007, not 1987. We now have sufficient evidence, collated by the IPCC, to support the theory of anthropogenic climate change. It is science, not religion, because it is evidence based. The evidence is published (see http://www.ipcc.ch/) and rationally discussed (see http://www.realclimate.org/). Criticism is always useful in scientific discussion, but blind denialism is both pointless and distracting. Climate change denialism has become an obsessive conspiracy theory on level with the beliefs that man did not land on the moon and that the US government committed the 9/11 attacks.
  52. Michael Thompson from Thunder Bay, Canada writes: Fanatical leader of a cult wins Nobel Peace Prize. Now I've seen everything.
  53. Thomas Price from Whitefish, Canada writes: MP from Ottawa. Human activity certainly is contributing to the carbon dioxide issue. Since 1850, the amount of carbon dioxide emitted daily to the atmosphere due to human breathing by the increased population alone is in the order of 7,000,000 tonnes. That is, total humans on earth today emit 7,000,000 more tonnes of carbon dioxide than the total humans on earth in 1850 did. Unfortunately Mr Gore and the Goracle Cult (including the Nobel Prize committee) have taken this to heart and reduced their breathing accordingly. This has deprived their brains of oxygen thus explaining his movie and the award.
  54. Grant McSheffrey from Ottawa, writes: First of all, I agree completely about the disconnect between Gore's environmentalism and a peace prize (especially if you read the exact criteria for the prize). Second, while I think much more needs to be done about climate change, I think it's ridiculous to give this prize to someone who practices the hypocrisy of Al Gore. From his pollution-spewing flights around the world, to his energy sucking mansion, the man just does not practice what he preaches.

    For stats regarding the energy use of his home (and a surprising comparison with Dubya's home): http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/gorehome.asp.
  55. Old blue from Canada writes: The leader of the Moonies and other cults are undoubtedly very much encouraged by Gore being awarded the Peace Prize. If nothing else, the cash could go a long way in helping Mr. Gore pay his enormous carbon footprint bill.
  56. David any from Loon-a-Tick, Canada writes: It's like this...liberal minded people are always'for things' and conservative minded people 'are against'. When this model is applied to the board today there are a lot of ' Nega-Tories' out there.
    I have tradmarked and patented this name so don't try to use it without sending me five bucks OK?
    The sky is blue and it will be a wonderful day today!
    'NEGA-TORIE!' TM
  57. Ashley McBride from Canada writes: umm... the caption of his picture is misleading... He was never President of the United States.
  58. Guillaume Afleck from Canada writes: What a sham. Arafat and Gore together where they belong. What rank hypocrisy!
  59. Robert Dryburgh from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada writes: The Nobel Prize has just become another a meaningless gesture. It can now take it’s place with the Oscars, Grammies and the like.
  60. Ed Andrews from Edmonton, Canada writes: What a joke this is. Obviously lies aren't inconvenient. And don't forget Jimma Cahta and the killer rabbit.
  61. M S from Toronto, Canada writes: The sheer amount of right-wing hate on this board is staggering. One guy compares Gore to cult leader Moon. Another, even more bizarrely, compares him to mass murderer Arafat.

    Grow up, people. Just grow up.
  62. Clive Gingell from Ottawa, Canada writes: David any: You neglected to mention that most of the 'things' that 'liberal minded people' are 'for' are usually naive hare-brained schemes disassociated from reality. ;-)
  63. Leon Russell from Gatineau, Canada writes: Environmentalism may well be a religion, but it's a religion for our times. All religions once had relevance for the communities that adhered to them, and they were instrumental in promoting cohesion within the society and thus favouring the survival and development of the group. Most are now anachronistic or have morphed within the modern context to provide some benefits to their followers. If environmentalism is a religion, then we need more preachers like Al Gore that will fire up the revival tents with their sermons and convert the masses. Most are converted, but they are just 'Sunday-go-to-meetin'' environmentalists. We can't really burn heretics that leave their Hummers idling but if we can jail people for downloading music, we can certainly put some teeth into environmental legislation. Amen, brother.
  64. James M from Canada writes: Joe Wallach from Russell, Ontario, Canada writes: JD Wood, what is Gore's scientific background? He has NONE! Though I don't support David Suzuki's rhetoric on the subject of global warming, at least he is a scientist and, in that regard alone, has far more credibility than the upcoming Democratic presidential candidate. Anthropogenic global warming is fear mongering because, as has been posted in the various G&M forums many times, there is abundant scientific evidence that the earth has undergone many natural heating and cooling cycles. Gore's being co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize completely demeans this formerly prestigious award! It's only value now is the cash that goes with it. I find it quite ironic that you put down Gore for not having a scientific background, but then report that it has been noted numerous times by posters that the cycle is natural. Gore is a presenter of scientific knowledge. He didnt' gather it himself! How boring would the presentation be if some guy with an 80lb head were on the stage? So, you'd rather believe a few anonymous posters than an ex-Vice President?
  65. Bill M from Canada writes: Clive Gingell from Ottawa, Canada writes: David any: You neglected to mention that most of the 'things' that 'liberal minded people' are 'for' are usually naive hare-brained schemes disassociated from reality. ;-)

    And these hair brained schemes are usually thought up by Liberals(Maurice Strong) and involve taking money from citizens under the guise of a good cause (carbon tax), taking a cut (Dion-'20 % for administration') and then passing it along to another Liberal type (Al Gore- Generation Capital Investment).
  66. Stude Ham from Outremont, Canada writes:

    Wait... the best is yet to come... harper will win the exxon oil prize for the single most positive contribution to their profit margins.... due to harper's rather sick concept of the impossibility of achieving scientifically established targets for lessening the global climatic threat.

    and even better... harper will deliberately force a non-confidence collapse of his horrific muzzlement with a throne speech garanteed to do just that over his stance on kyoto.

    no wonder so many are expressing their anti-harper sentiments by electing majority anti-harper governments in ON and NL for example.

    DUMP HARPER!
  67. gerhard beck from Canada writes: The ignorance of a great percentage of posters is truly amazing. Congratulations to Mr. Gore who certainly would have made a better president than the present Dumbo in the White House. For those posters, dont worry, you will in all probability not experience the full effects of global warming. That will be suffered by generations following you, and you would not want to hear their comments about your shortsightedness.
  68. Steve Petrica from Bethesda, Md., United States writes: This award is on the same level as the one to Rigoberto Menchu.
  69. Mark McGrath from Canada writes: hahaha One of the best posts I've read here.

    Thomas Price from Whitefish, Canada writes: MP from Ottawa. Human activity certainly is contributing to the carbon dioxide issue. Since 1850, the amount of carbon dioxide emitted daily to the atmosphere due to human breathing by the increased population alone is in the order of 7,000,000 tonnes. That is, total humans on earth today emit 7,000,000 more tonnes of carbon dioxide than the total humans on earth in 1850 did. Unfortunately Mr Gore and the Goracle Cult (including the Nobel Prize committee) have taken this to heart and reduced their breathing accordingly. This has deprived their brains of oxygen thus explaining his movie and the award.
  70. Earl Anthony from Sudbury, Canada writes: I only wish the global warming issue was about saving the planet. This issue is really about frightening the public into giving government control of every aspect of our lives and justifying massive increases in taxation.

    Carbon dioxide is not a poison.
  71. Dark Green from Grandma's Inn, Cuba writes: Better the Nobel Peace Prize than the FOSSIL AWARD! Poor Ambrosian Harperite lot! Poor present day Bushmen!
  72. J. Collins from United Kingdom writes: If lies and half trusths is the key to open the Nobel Peace prize door a Lieberal PM would have won it a long ago. What a mockery of an honour that makes a fool of the real scientists ansd academics who have worked for years to make a real difference to the world. The man is a clown, a cheat and money grabber. Hell he sounds exactly like a Lieberal.

    DUMP CELINE.
  73. Bill H from London, Canada writes: Paul Bowler from Canberra, Australia writes: So, having won the Nobel Peace Prize, Al will now announce his candidature for the Democrat nomination for the 2008 election. After he wins that nomination, he will chose Hilary Clinton as his vice-presidential running mate (she will accept), and they will win the 2008 election! Sweet irony - a former Veep is now the President, with the wife of his former President as his Veep! Perfect! Actually, Paul, I think your senario is not out of the realm of possibility. who could deny the presidency to one who holds the Nobel Peace Prize. The truth is that Gore, even with all the established factual and conceptual errors in his movie, probably couldn't have screwed up as president any worse than the incombent. The real problem in the world today is that there are no longer any statesmen (or statespersons) or true leaders. The US political system, as vaunted as it has been as the 'holy grail' of governments, is as screwed up as any other. As far as the NPP, this has become a purely political football. Remember that the peace prize was not in Nobel's original bequest. That was for science and medicine and, I believe, literature. The peace prize was invented by the Nobel committee some time later. It would nice to see it awarded to someone who really sought to achieve real 'peace' in this world, but I don't think the committee knows the meaning of the word. And when has the world ever known true peace anyway?
  74. K Wong from Victoria, BC, Canada writes: Many Albertans are going to love this development when they wake up...

    As for the National Review, certainly there is no single unbiased peer-reviewed journal like it. Their scholarly articles on scientific issues are without peer and need no further inquiry. Who needs to read the actual boring, factual IPCC reports (written by thousands of equally boring scientists) at http://www.ipcc.ch/ when we can get all the science we can stomach from the National Review?
  75. Ed Andrews from Edmonton, Canada writes: MS from Toronto;obviously you have missed the point entirely; the Nobel foundation has compared Gore to Arafat in that Arafat also won the prize (in case you didn't know) in 1992.
  76. M S from Toronto, Canada writes: No, I did not miss the point. The previous poster could have chosen any other NPP recipient he didn't feel was deserving. That he specifically chose a career terrorist was, I suspect, intentional. It's the same way anyone and everyone a person disagrees with these days is 'Hitler' or a 'Nazi.'
  77. Expert Eel from Canada writes: I bet that John Baird wasn't one of the Nobel committee members who voted for Al.
  78. Ed Andrews from Edmonton, Canada writes: So you are saying that Arafat and Gore are not in the same category even though they both won Peace Prizes? And you are obviously critical of the Nobel foundation for having given the prize to a mass murderer, but it is entirely ok for them to have given it to Gore?
  79. Luke Walker from Toronto, Canada writes: Gore's film has been the subject of a legal action. The Court found that the film was misleading in 11 ways: CLAIM that melting snows on Mount Kilimanjaro evidence global warming. The Government's expert was forced to concede that this is not true. CLAIM evidence from ice cores proves rising CO2 causes temperature increases over 650k years. The Court found this misleading: over that period the rises in CO2 lagged behind the temperature rises by 800-2000 years. Claim that Hurricane Katrina caused by global warming. The Government's expert had to accept that it was 'not possible' to attribute one-off events to global warming. CLAIM the drying up of Lake Chad and claims that this was caused by global warming. The Government's expert had to accept that this was not the case. CLAIM that a study showed that polar bears had drowned due to disappearing arctic ice.In fact four polar bears drowned and this was because of a particularly violent storm. CLAIM that global warming could stop the Gulf Stream throwing Europe into an ice age: the Claimant's evidence was that this was a scientific impossibility. CLAIM that blame of global warming for species losses including coral reef bleaching. The Government could not find any evidence to support this claim. The film suggests that the Greenland ice covering could melt causing sea levels to rise dangerously. The evidence is that Greenland will not melt for millennia. The film suggests that the Antarctic ice covering is melting, the evidence was that it is in fact increasing. The film suggests that sea levels could rise by 7m causing the displacement of millions of people. In fact the evidence is that sea levels are expected to rise by about 40cm over the next hundred years and that there is no such threat of massive migration. The film claims that rising sea levels has caused the evacuation of certain Pacific islands to New Zealand. The Court observed that this appears to be a false claim.
  80. Andre Lamoureux from Canada writes: Absolutely unbelievable. Whether global warming is occuring or not, what does it have to do with a Nobel Peace Prize? With wars raging across the world, they give the prize to Al Gore, whose documentary is currently being reviewed for unconsistencies and exagerations. Why not also give him the Noble Prize for Economics on Monday...that would make more sense.
  81. Bill M from Canada writes: Dark Green from Grandma's Inn, Cuba writes: Better the Nobel Peace Prize than the FOSSIL AWARD! Poor Ambrosian Harperite lot! Poor present day Bushmen!

    Why do goracles automatically assume that anyone who has the slightest doubt about the global warming scare is a conservative and loves George Bush? For the record, I am not a Conservative, I think Harper can be a tool, and George Bush is an absolute idiot. But i also think that money is the driving force behind Kyoto. A lot of people stand to make boat loads off regular people, while it does next to nothing to solve the real issue. As long as China, India, Russia, and so on continue to spew unchecked because they are 'developing', we can shut this whole country down and now make a single dent in world wide CO2 emmisions. And no, I don't advocate we do nothing, but let's be reasonable about it.
  82. billy bob from Timmins, Canada writes: The earth naturally goes through cycles of being warm and cold and actually cold is coming up next.Actually an ice age will be in the cards.Maybe global warming will prevent that from happening or could if not for gore.Having a warm arctic may seem bad but having an ice age with ice a mile deep over the top half of north america will necessitate some lifestyle changes too.
  83. Help Me JEBUS! from Canada writes:

    Jebus loves his Goracle!
  84. M S from Toronto, Canada writes: Ed: Yes, I am. End of discussion.
  85. Kim Huynh from Montreal, Canada writes: I thought climate change is a subject of science, not world peace's. I guess the idea of giving AL Gore and al this prize is fully loaded with political sexiness. After all, Le Duc Tho refused to accept this prize while Dr K have gladly accepted it decades ago while the war in VietNam continued...What a sad event. Meatime, the scaremonger fans will continue to rally behind now Dr Gore, whose background is far from that of a scientist.
  86. Mark McGrath from Canada writes: K Wong from Victoria, BC, Canada
    Who needs to read the actual boring, factual IPCC reports (written by thousands of equally boring scientists) at http://www.ipcc.ch/

    Here is an interesting article for you to read K Wong http://faxanadu.gnn.tv/blogs/24999/GlobalWarmingWhatMediaWontTellYouAboutUNClimatePanel
  87. Anthony B from Sydney, NS, Canada writes: Lesley D from India writes: 'What about the hundreds that came before him and are actually scientists, not preaching ex-politicians....'

    Agreed. Naming Al Gore (and those who've won in previous years) indicates that the Nobel Prize for Peace is more about raising the profile of the prize than the person it honours.
  88. Bob Beal from Edmonton, Canada writes: I have asked this question before on these boards. It is an honest one, but no-one has attempted to reply.

    If the idea of human-caused global warming is so wrong, how do you account for the fact that every major scientific organization in the western world says that it is a growing threat? These include: the National Academies of Science of the United States, the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, the National Research Council of Canada, the Australian National Academy of Science, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, all of which post strong statements about human-caused global warming on their websites. Some of them debunk particular canards such as it is all the sun's fault, Antarctic ice is actually growing, or other planets are warming. What about the Canadian Council of Chief Executive Officers? Or the Pentagon, which warns that human-caused global warming is a clear, present, and growing danger to world peace?

    I don't suggest that everyone simply follow the crowd. But this does seem a bit overwhelming. And, I think if people want to toss of easy lines about the whole thing being a hoax or not terribly important, they have a responsibility to explain how all those experts can get it so very wrong.
  89. Mr. Justice from Canada writes: Congrats to Gore, but his needless concession of the 2000 presidential race precludes him being seriously considered for the 2008 Democratic nomination. . . . And let the Global Warming Deniers go on their way -- the latest newsflash from them is that greenhouse gases don't even exist! . . . but what would you expect from a group that gets its talking points from Faux News.
  90. Larfing Outloud from Virgin Islands (British) writes: I didn't know they gave out awards for fake science.

    Suzuki must be pi$$ed today. He should have at least received a Best Supporting Fake Science award.
  91. Bob Beal from Edmonton, Canada writes: Dave T wrote: 'If Winston Churchill can receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, then Al Gore might as well get one for peace.'

    Have you read Churchill's six-volume 'The Second World War' or his four-volume 'History of the English-speaking Peoples' (which I think is his best work) or any of his many other writings? Churchill was a writer by trade, and a very good one.

    It is so easy to belittle. Work is a bit more difficult. But with the resources readily available on the Internet these days, one would think people could at least check Wikipedia.