As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity." Al Gore More Quotes by Al Gore More Quotes From Al Gore The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences. Al Gore enteringwarninglong When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler. Al Gore your-sidelawreality It is just human nature to take time to connect the dots, I know that. But I also know that there can be a day of reckoning when you wish you had connected the dots more quickly. Al Gore dotshuman-naturewish The insistence on complete certainty about the full details of global warming-the most serious threat we have ever faced-is actually an effort to avoid facing the awful, uncomfortable truth: that we must act boldly, decisively, comprehensively, and quickly, even before we know every last detail about the crisis. Those who continue to argue that the appropriate response is merely additional research are simply seeking to camouflage timidity or protect their vested interest in the status quo. Al Gore detailseffortresearch I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy. Al Gore environmentalenergythinking Scientists with access to data from Navy submarines traversing underneath the North polar ice cap have warned that there is now a 75 percent chance that within five years the entire ice cap will completely disappear during the summer months. Al Gore icesummeryears Take it from me, every vote counts. Al Gore votepoliticspolitical I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are coming at us. Al Gore horizontryinglooks American democracy has been hacked. Al Gore hackeddemocracies-havedemocracy Our way of life is at stake, our grandchildren are at stake, the future of civilization is at stake. Al Gore grandchildrencivilizationway CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally... Changing that pattern requires a scope, a scale, a speed of change that is beyond what we have done in the past. Al Gore donecivilizationpast The entire North Polar ice cap is disappearing before our very eyes. It's been the size of the continental United States for the last 3 million years and now 40 percent is gone and the rest of it is going. Al Gore iceeyeyears The United States is the only nation that can lead the world toward a solution on climate change. Al Gore united-statesclimateworld The good news is, we have everything we need now to respond to the challenge of global warming. We have all the technologies we need, more are being developed.... But we should not wait, we cannot wait, we must not wait. Al Gore technologychallengeswaiting Two thousand scientists, in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate, well organized scientific collaboration in the history of humankind, have produced long-since a consensus that we will face a string of terrible catastrophes unless we act to prepare ourselves and deal with the underlying causes of global warming. Al Gore twolongcountry Hurricane Sandy is a disturbing sign of things to come. We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather. Al Gore energyweatherdirty There are people who say, "God is in complete control of everything that happens, and if the Earth is getting warmer, then maybe God intends that." Well, no. God intends for us to take responsibility for how we treat God's creation, and if we choose to use the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet as an open sewer for 110-million tons of global-warming pollution every day, the consequences are attributable to us. And if you are a believer, as I am, I think God intends for us to open our eyes and take responsibility for the moral consequences of our actions. Al Gore eyeresponsibilitythinking The global environment crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a degraded earth and a diminished future. Al Gore realrainchildren I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever. Al Gore presidentspecialfirsts Our insatiable drive to rummage deep beneath the surface of the earth is a willful expansion of our dysfunctional civilization into Nature. Al Gore eugenicsenergycivilization
