There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our national conversation. Al Gore More Quotes by Al Gore More Quotes From Al Gore All I'm doing, all I have done for 40 years, is spend time with the best scientific experts, gain their confidence, and take advantage of their patience in explaining things to me over and over again in progressively simpler language that I can understand, so that I can read it back to them and get their sign off, where they say, "Yep, that's it, Al. You've got it." When I understand it, I know I can explain it to other people. When the scientists' predictions end up being true, I see that as an opportunity to say to people, "Listen carefully to what they're saying now." Al Gore done opportunity people During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. Al Gore creating technology stupid The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children Al Gore future vision children We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country. Al Gore mass-destruction wmd country Traditionally the United States has been the natural leader of the world. That's not just pride as an American speaking; it's just the reality. Without the U.S. being involved in Paris Climate Agreement, it's hard for the world community to move forward as effectively. Al Gore pride reality moving The struggle to save the global environment is in one way much more difficult than the struggle to vanquish Hitler, for this time the war is with ourselves. We are the enemy, just as we have only ourselves as allies. Al Gore struggle time war Our new technologies, combined with our numbers, have made us, collectively, a force of nature Al Gore population technology numbers Once the renewable infrastructure is built, the fuel is free forever. Unlike carbon-based fuels, the wind and the sun and the earth itself provide fuel that is free, in amounts that are effectively limitless. Al Gore energy forever wind For me, the most disturbing aspect of the Republican political culture is how it puts its unquenchable thirst for power, domination and a radical ideology above facts, reason and the truth. Al Gore political culture facts There's 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. And that means we have to quickly find a way to change the world's consciousness about exactly what we're facing, and why we have to work to solve it. Al Gore together mean past Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally. Al Gore impact car kind ManBearPig, half man, half bear, half pig Al Gore half pigs men Researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School have told us that the entire Arctic ice cap may totally disappear in summer in as little as five years if nothing is done to curb emissions of greenhouse gas pollution. Al Gore summer years school A majority of Trump's voters were in favor of staying in the Paris Agreement. And if you look at what's really happening in the economy, the economic argument actually is very strongly in favor of the Paris Agreement. There are now twice as many jobs in the solar industry as in the coal industry. Solar jobs are growing 17 times faster than other jobs in the U.S. Al Gore argument economic economy Unless we stop dumping 70 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every 24 hours, which we are doing right now ... the continued acceleration of this pollution would destroy the future of human civilization. Al Gore global-warming atmosphere civilization Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet's climate system into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced - a catastrophe of our own making. Al Gore epic weather years Well, the title "An Inconvenient Truth" is a way of highlighting the reasons why some people, including the president, don't seem to accept the truth. Al Gore titles president people The truth is that climate change is presenting the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. Al Gore climate humanity challenges As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people. Al Gore government long people I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we're used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we're moving closer and closer to that tipping point. Al Gore political believe moving
