November 16th, 2009:

Re: Gore speech: Former Vice President Al Gore heckled during climate speech in Boca Raton — South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel, 8:53 p.m. EST, November 14, 2009 svsantana@SunSentinel.com

BOCA RATON – Former Vice President Al Gore‘s global-warming speech Saturday night at Mizner Park drew about a thousand attendees, as well as more than 200 loud protesters.

Stationed outside the Mizner Park Amphitheater, the protesters jeered at Gore as he took the podium and at those walking into the open-air venue to listen to the speech.

“This is the most dangerous crisis we’ve ever faced,” Gore said of climate change. He spoke over a chorus of boos from protesters, who were monitored by at least a dozen uniformed city police officers.

Many of the protesters were with the groups Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow and South Florida Tea Party, the latter of which feels that Gore’s views will eventually lead to increased taxes and flawed business legislation.

The protesters carried drums, bullhorns and posters. One read “Practice what you preach,” accusing Gore of not living a green lifestyle. Another poster read “The masses follow the asses,” depicting the protesters’ opinion that Gore’s message is not backed by scientific evidence.

Gore, meanwhile, in his presentation laid out data that he said was compiled by the world’s leading scientists and supports the theory of global warming. The speech carried much of the same content and rhythm as Gore’s Oscar-winning 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which turned him into a leading international voice on the issue of climate change.

Gore’s latest book on the subject, titled Our Choice, was published earlier this month.

Three things:

1. Al Gore is not a scientist.

2. Before you complain about Al Gore’s carbon emissions, clean up your own.

3. Global warming is happening now.

I read an interesting article this morning while enjoying my copy of National Geographic. So when I heard about the heckling of Al Gore’s speech in Boca Raton, I knew I had to comment. This is from this month’s National Geographic’s Big Idea section by Robert Kunzig called The Carbon Bathtub.

It’s simple, really: As long as we pour CO² into the atmosphere faster than nature drains it out, the planet warms. And that extra carbon takes a long time to drain out of the tub.  

The Carbon Bathtub

 It is too simple. We are pouring more carbon into the atmosphere that can be handled by the planet. The diagram explains that the CO2 levels haven’t been this high for at least 800,000 years.

There is one thing that is relevant that I have to point out about the article above which I have copied in it’s entirety. The author distances herself from global warming and the science behind Gore’s statements by saying that “Gore laid out data that he said was compiled” by leading scientists, not simply “data that was compiled by scientists”. She referred to global warming as “theory” and Gore’s scientific facts as supporting that “theory”. The author is clearly a global warming denier and she is on the side of the disbelieving hecklers.

Why can’t people accept science? I don’t understand it. The world should be united in this effort, yet there are those who profit from pollution and spend tons of money to gather to themselves anyone and everyone who can be convinced through spin that there is another side to the science.

You can hoot at Gore all you want, just remember, your consumption of fossil fuels is killing us all.

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