March 24, 2009
Posted: March 24th, 2009 01:21 PM ET

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The former vice president is set to release 'Our Choice' in November.
The former vice president is set to release 'Our Choice' in November.

(CNN) - Al Gore said Tuesday he's writing another book on global warming policies and solutions.

The former vice president is set to release "Our Choice" in November. Gore's latest read will be a followup to his 2006 bestseller "An Inconvenient Truth," serving as a "blueprint" providing solutions to the climate crisis.

"'An Inconvenient Truth' reached millions of people with the message that the climate crisis is threatening the future of human civilization and that it must and can be solved," Gore said in a statement. "Now that the need for urgent action is even clearer with the alarming new findings of the last three years, it is time for a comprehensive global plan that actually solves the climate crisis. 'Our Choice' will answer that call."

As he did with the earnings from "An Inconvenient Truth," Gore said he will will donate all the proceeds from the eco-friendly book to his foundation, the Alliance for Climate Protection.

Filed under: Al Gore


THE OLD TIMER   March 24th, 2009 5:50 pm ET

Send this guy walking . Nothing he has to say has any merit to it at all.

What he is trying to do is get as much media time as he can on a topic

he knows nothing about.

frick   March 24th, 2009 5:27 pm ET

both sides always say the same thing..........wake up and do some research and quite being snow balled.

we'll i've researched both side and have decided we haven't discovered the truth yet. being as the left side CAN"T prove it is man made i think its toooo early to put bs taxes on companies. pollution is bad but we shouldn't cripple our economy and peoples way of living just cuz al gore has a hunch.

al gore isn't a scientist and really doesn't seem to know anything about anything. the scientists are sorta split on this one with more and more leaning right every day. dont worry people it will be decided eventually. the left think the debate is over...but omg it has only just begone. the momentum is swinging to the RIGHT and swinging HARD. ie. the global temperature dropping DRAStically the last few years.

the earth warms and cools how it sees fit. we're in a cooling stage right now way behind time for our next ice age.

Jason Spile   March 24th, 2009 5:26 pm ET

The ignorance displayed by the non-scientists posting comments is staggering.

Moderate Democrat   March 24th, 2009 4:57 pm ET

John March 24th, 2009 3:30 pm ET

To get conservatives to look at the book Gore will have to put in a lot of colorful pictures and simple words. Kinda like a child's book. Conservatives don't have the attention span to absorb facts, charts, and lengthy text.
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Will a pretty little graph of Al's CO2 output per day, compared to all of us posters, heck, we'll include you too, COMBINED!! convince you that this guy is a JOKE when it comes to following his own advice?
By all means, write a book about the horrid nature of mans over indulgence, just make darn certain you aren't sitting there overindulging yourself while writing it.

And the lame excuse of "oh, flies private because...uhmm...he has no self discipline and feels he is entitled to disregard his own advice"...is retarded. He needs to live up to his standards, or appoint someone that will. He's a disgrace to the message!

Kevin in Nebraska   March 24th, 2009 4:42 pm ET

Give up already Al Gore. You're wrong. This has been the coldest, snowiest winter that I can remember in a long time. There's been a freaking blizzard the last couple days here. I wouldn't mind some global warming to come by and melt it away!

Marc   March 24th, 2009 4:42 pm ET

Actually JP, there are ways to determine what is the 'normal' temperature for the Earth as a whole (considering only the period AFTER the last Ice Age), which is another proof of the global Warming.

and Jason (3:58 pm ET) who said 'The polar ice cap grew last winter…', please tell us WHO told you that, WHERE did you picked that BLATANT LIE. The polar ice caps are diminishing year after year, the permafrost is becoming more rare every winter, it is very likely that in less than ten years any boat would be able to cross the North Pole on its own... so NO, the polar ice cap did not 'grew' last year.

Bob from Kentucky   March 24th, 2009 4:41 pm ET

The Republican party will never be trusted with our government again unless and until the right-wing haters and the neo-conservative fools are purged from their party. Otherwise a new 3rd party of moderates will rise to replace the mean-spirited base of the current Republican party. Until then, America will bask in the common sense of liberal Democratic government.

J.P.   March 24th, 2009 4:28 pm ET

Ok hippies, I'll take the bait...
So maybe the earth is warming. How do we know what the "normal" temperature is supposed to be? It could possible that "normal" is actually much warmer than it currently is now. How do we know?

We don't.

And that's the problem, because neither do you.

But what we do know, is who stands to profit from this hysteria... shyster hippies selling "carbon offsets" to dupes more gullible than themselves.

Wingnut Alert   March 24th, 2009 4:23 pm ET

dumbocrat alert March 24th, 2009 1:48 pm ET

….and it will be a best seller on the fiction best book list.

Funny isn't it how many of you have no problem believing that the earth was created in seven days, is only 2000 years old and that
two of each animal were put on a great big boat.

arithmetic is liberal   March 24th, 2009 4:16 pm ET

Robert March 24th, 2009 4:13 pm ET

You obviously have no idea how net-metering works.

'econ' and 'eco' are not mutually exclusive   March 24th, 2009 4:14 pm ET

For people saying that Gore is only going after this because of the money, let me confirm for you that YES HE IS!!! HE ABSOLUTELY IS!!!

And we all should be!!!

Did you know that while Bush was in office, we missed the opportunity to engage in a $200B industry as a country?

Why, you ask?

Because tax regulations weren't put in place to subsidize renewable fuel when EVERY OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY has already done so!

So the wind, instead of being made in the United States, was made in Denmark. We lost $15 billion in revenue from wind energy. And the solar panels went to the Phillipines. We lost almost $50 billion in revenue from solar energy.

Why are we so stupid?

Three reasons. 1) Oil, coal and gas are heavily subsidized int he US and don't want competitors. 2) The Republican Party was OWNED by the fossil fuels lobby. 3) The party and their paid propagandists pumped false information out to support the continued unilateral subsidization of fossil fuels. They turned television, radio, the internet, churches, and lobbying groups into a charnel house of lies.

Robert   March 24th, 2009 4:13 pm ET

"Mari March 24th, 2009 3:04 pm ET

@ FRANK………. GORE's mansion…….. runs on SOLAR ! Before writing GOP propaganda do some of your own research!

I LOVE how the far-right keeps denying that there is Global Warming! Just as many thought that the world was flat!

The ignorant statements on this blog are actually amusing! "

Like this one? Most of Gore's energy comes from the same grid everyone else uses. SOME comes from alternative sources on-site–most does not.

*Not a member of the far right, believes the science–Al Gore is wrong.

Dylan from Minneapolis   March 24th, 2009 4:10 pm ET

I really wish this wasn't a political issue. If 98 out of 100 doctors told me I had an un-discovered disease, I would find it to be true and I would want research done to cure it. This is the same thing, but it effects EVERYBODY, not just everybody in America, EVERYBODY and it effects future generations. I mean the evidence is completely over-whelming, c'mon!

This isn't Al Gore's political platform, this is his post-political platform. I don't care if it was Bugs Bunny championing climate change, the facts are there, people just need to detach from their rigid political dogmas.

***I would really appriciate it if you posted this CNN***

Jason   March 24th, 2009 3:58 pm ET

The polar ice cap grew last winter...

So "Global warming" becomes "climate change"

arithmetic is liberal   March 24th, 2009 3:57 pm ET

I find it outstanding that the people who complain about Gore have NO IDEA about Thomas Friedman, Dr. Stan Ovshinsky, Lester Brown, David Freeman, the Lovins's, or Van Jones.

Maybe picking up a couple books by the above authors would get through, if you're too blinded by rhetoric and disinformation when Gore's name is brought up.

For crying outloud, even Newt Gingrich wrote a book explaining how Red States need to embrace environmentalism.

LIP   March 24th, 2009 3:56 pm ET

I have lilstened to dozens of comments from Archaeologists and Geomorphologists (friends of mine) and none of them agree with Gore. We are entering another stage of the earth's ongoing complex relationship with the sun and solar system and galaxy and repeating over and over cycles the earth has experienced. They are anticipating something soon as a result of all the fresh water introduced into the conveyer system over the last several years. Cleaning up the environment is always good, but ultimately has little to do with current events reflecting glacial cycles and the dance the earth performs.

obama-mama   March 24th, 2009 3:30 pm ET

He should have gone for a ride on the space shuttle. Maybe he would get more info on the global stuff

ken   March 24th, 2009 3:30 pm ET

I hope it's filled with as many "truths" as his movie was.

Moderate Democrat   March 24th, 2009 3:30 pm ET

The Common Sense Party March 24th, 2009 1:46 pm ET

Gore will go down in history as one of the most important and visionary leaders of all time. Shirt-sighted, selfish individuals governed by political rhetoric start spewing your venow in 3…2…1…
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I'll bite: Before you start lecturing anyone on rhetoric, I suggest you ask your grand hero there about his OWN rhetoric. The man consumes energy and emits pollution like it's going out of style. Then he blames US for making the acid rain. Get your head out of the sand and hold your grand pubah accountable for his complete hypocracy.

I'm all for conserving our fossil fuels and lowering our footprint (regardless of global warming, it just makes sense on so many other levels). But I sure as heck ain't gonna take the advice of one of the biggest culprits of it. Gore is nothing but a mouth piece spewing political rhetoric.

John   March 24th, 2009 3:30 pm ET

To get conservatives to look at the book Gore will have to put in a lot of colorful pictures and simple words. Kinda like a child's book. Conservatives don't have the attention span to absorb facts, charts, and lengthy text.

Fighting the Right in Texas   March 24th, 2009 3:28 pm ET

Wow, the extreme Right Wing is out en mass making comments on this story. Global temps ARE going up and have been and YES, human activities are to blame and NO, once we hit a certain point, we will NOT be able to stop the catastrophic damage that is coming. The right wing nutjobs need to be bound and gagged, so the rest of us can go about saving the damn planet without them. The polar ice caps are melting at an alarming rate...what more proof do these idiots need? Their stupidity is astounding and frankly, every one I meet has not even seen An Inconvenient Truth, so they have no idea what they are talking about.

stag   March 24th, 2009 3:28 pm ET

This is not about global warming or climate change or ... Just follow the money and you will see Gore's plan.

Colby in KC   March 24th, 2009 3:26 pm ET

I wonder if the companies Al Gore invest in will be award future Gov. contracts....ya think?

This is a giant $ sham.

Rob   March 24th, 2009 3:24 pm ET

Does anyone who is brighter than a small appliance bulb still listen to this loser? Every warning he was spewing since he put out that stink pile of a movie has not come true, and now he wants to cry wolf some more?

Rich   March 24th, 2009 3:22 pm ET

More hot air coming from Al Gore.

TRUTH   March 24th, 2009 3:21 pm ET

I hope this book is truthful and speaks to the climate not increasing in temperature over the past 10 years. I hope it mentions that the polar ice caps are, in fact, at the same levels they were in 1979 and so is the population of polar bears. Gore is an alarmist and a liar and needs to be defeated

Depressed   March 24th, 2009 3:20 pm ET

"Al, stop with your Global Warming and sheit, earth is not warming up, it is COOLING OFF. Ice caps are not melting they're growing."

And here we see the results of the Right Wing's relentless war on science.

Even if you think global warming is a lie (it isn't), is it really such a bad idea to develope sustainable energy here in the United States? I mean, all it does is help end dependence on foreign oil and create some jobs. Is that really so bad?

Vera   March 24th, 2009 3:20 pm ET

Will he ever read the blogs or watch the news to discover that his credibility was gone a long time ago?

BURNS -----NH VET   March 24th, 2009 3:19 pm ET

GORE IS A NUT–HIS FOLLOWING IS PART OF A PONZI SCAM AND
WILL BREAK THE WORLD ECONOMY–REDUCE THE GLOBAL
WAY OF LIFE TO LEVELS OF THE 15TH CENTURY. HE WILL WILL
BE AT THE TOP OF THE FEEDING CHAIN-THATS YOU AND ME
FOLKS THE BOTTOM -----WAKE UP - ---–GORE IS A BOTTEM FEEDER HE WILL SUCK YOUR LIFE'S BLOOD.---
-----I DON'T WANT MY FAMILY TO BE PART OF SUCH A
SCAM-------

NAM VET NH

Joe   March 24th, 2009 3:19 pm ET

Al Gore has been right about everything. It's a shame you people are still lost in your neocon dreamworld. While George Bush was busy becoming the worst President in the history of our country, Al Gore became the most successful private citizen in the world.

Concerned citizen   March 24th, 2009 3:17 pm ET

I believe Al Gore has had his head in his arse so long he is confused about greenhouse gasses and his gas that has clouded his mind!

Jackie in Dallas   March 24th, 2009 3:16 pm ET

Neutralizer,

You obviously have NOT seen the latest pictures of the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps lately. Last year, there was clear water in areas that had not been free of ice in close to 10,000 years. Before two years ago, the idea of a ship crossing the North Pole in open water was absurd. It can happen this year.

It is ironic, but one of the side effects of global warming, can be cooler temperatures in some areas. Any decent book on climate will tell you that Europe and North America owe their temperate climates to the Gulf Stream, which moderates the temperatures by carrying warm water and thermal change from the area around the equator to the north. There are similar currents in the Pacific and along South America and Africa. Those currents are being disrupted by melting ice water, which is dropping the temperature of the water. So, while areas around the equator are getting hotter, and the upper atmosphere is warmer, certain areas are getting cooler. Climate is a world-wide phenomenon. "Your" climate is not a separate entity from "my" climate, it is an extension of a climate of the whole planet. What affects one area, affects the entire planet in some ways.

What is clear is that we are suffering more and more extreme weather patterns, more and more frequent hurricanes, monsoons, flooding, and severe storms, and more and more ice melt at both poles. Animals that require the ice are teetering on the edge of extinction. And people have exacerbated this situation. It is a normal cycle of the planet, but we have worstened it.

Nobel Prizes are not given to stupid, unproven theories or crackpots. The nomination process is torturous, and the selection process is grueling. You do not have to agree with Mr. Gore, or to approve of him politically or as a person, but you should at least acknowledge that he is a bright man. Perhaps some of you who are just so smart that you know he's dumb should see if you could pass the qualifications!

Bob the Observer   March 24th, 2009 3:14 pm ET

OK, who's really writing this book? Al Gore doesn't even know which side of a pencil to use.

Al needs to find a nice, obscure place to put his gigantic personal carbon footprint. Will we never see the end of this misguided, ignorant loudmouth?

Kyle   March 24th, 2009 3:11 pm ET

Isn't this a huge waste of paper and natural resources to create the book, print the book, ship the book, and then it all goes into a landfill?

AnnMM   March 24th, 2009 3:08 pm ET

Oh... and I can't believe someone here posted the ice caps were growing. My God people READ!

TaxcheatsrunningtheIRS   March 24th, 2009 3:08 pm ET

Al Gore is a hypocrite, it is getting colder every year despite all his hot air.

AnnMM   March 24th, 2009 3:07 pm ET

It's so terrifying how out of touch many Americans (a.k.a the Fox news watchers) are. They honestly believe the idiots on the right that are screaming "IT'S ALL A SCAM. Every other major country in the world KNOWS that Global Climate Changes are a serious threat to mankind. There is no question. Here in the backwards old U.S. of A. we're the only ones still disputing the facts.

Remember when America was the progressive nation that the rest of the world tried to keep up with? How in heck did we get here? Did the Bush regime actually set us this far back in only 8 years? It breaks my heart how uninformed and crazy so many in this country have become.

Shame.

Mari   March 24th, 2009 3:07 pm ET

WOW.......... the far-right is out in force...................scary!

Leta   March 24th, 2009 3:07 pm ET

So AGI Bonus paying for this one Al and who laundered that for you.....Probably your ol' friend that moved to NEW YORK one to become senator of the SAME STATE YOU SCREWED IN 1982-1992.
And now you have CONGRESS BACKING THE BONUS' Someone online in 1993 asked me while I yell'd about this all the time.....If he is still around let him know I am STILL YELLING ABOUT THE FAILURE OF SAVINGS AND LOANS, BANKS, COMPANY'S (except the one's AL set up to fail, oh yeah I AM YELLING ABOUT THOSE TOO!!) AND WHITEWATER SCAM'S

TCM   March 24th, 2009 3:06 pm ET

Is he writing it from his 13,000 sq ft mega-mansion? The one that has a carbon footprint the size of Rhode Island? What a frickin' loser this guy is; especially on the audio clip where he was caught telling kids that they may know more than their parents! Good JOB, AL!
Crawl back under the slimy stone from which you slithered.

Andy in Texas   March 24th, 2009 3:06 pm ET

I wonder how many people here are on Glenn Beck's payroll.

RJN   March 24th, 2009 3:05 pm ET

Continue writing books and killing the trees. That's not very Green!!@

Ask Minnesota if they are experiencing Global Warming???

Mari   March 24th, 2009 3:04 pm ET

@ FRANK.......... GORE's mansion........ runs on SOLAR ! Before writing GOP propaganda do some of your own research!

I LOVE how the far-right keeps denying that there is Global Warming! Just as many thought that the world was flat!

The ignorant statements on this blog are actually amusing!

SY   March 24th, 2009 3:02 pm ET

Al Gore has more values in his little finger than all of the anti-global warming idiots combined. He is honest and he is smart, two qualities unknown to the haters. They can't stand anyone who might rely on science instead of religion or emotion because it gets in the way of their greedy, money hungry values. I only wish he had been our president in 2000 when he truly was elected by the people not appointed by the Supremes. What a much better world we would have today.

Pat F   March 24th, 2009 3:02 pm ET

Yeah, sniffit, science from Professor Gore and Professor DiCaprio and all the scientific geniuses in Hollywood who think that a cloudy day is proof positive of global climate change.

Quick – hide under your People Magazine!

Time for Term Limits   March 24th, 2009 3:02 pm ET

Right-wingers complaining about the size of Gore's residence is really the pot calling the kettle black. Gore is now a private citizen entitled to make money, and he has been very successful as a private citizen. The planetary changes are scientific fact. Killing the messenger doesn't change the facts, even though we would rather believe that everything is and always will be fine with the environment, regardless of human activity.

NYFN08   March 24th, 2009 3:02 pm ET

Most of the posters on this board fail to realize that there is CONSENSUS among scientists that what old Al travels the world preaching about - IS a real problem. But then many of them also believe there's a bearded old man in the sky who will never let climate change hurt them. Keep your heads firmly buried in the sand and never mind ol Al. Someone else will deal with it, right?

Ajay Jain, Garland, TX, USA   March 24th, 2009 3:01 pm ET

Given our new Climate consious President Obama Gore's book title seems very apt "Our Choice". At last after eight years of a OIL friendly President and OILfriendly Vice President we have a new freshly minted Climate President!!!

Vice President Gore ought to provide us a road map for this Climate friendly Administration through his book "Our Choice" for the things we can initiate and do to make our earth more greener and eco-friendly.

Jackie in Dallas   March 24th, 2009 3:01 pm ET

So, critics, don't buy the book. Simple solution. If you want to read it so that you can intelligently debate his points, rather than just use talking points from your favorite neo-conservative source, borrow it from the library.

As for debating his critics, Mr. Gore has done that quite extensively. He's also joined in his campaign by some of the world's foremost climatologists. Yes, there is some scientific doubt about the depth and seriousness of the situation, but given the worst-case scenarios, I'd prefer to err on the side of conservation and slowing down global warming.

Some of you should probably update your sources, as well. Mr. Gore took some of the criticisms of his life style seriously, and has worked on making his home more energy efficient and self sufficient. He also flies commercial, where he can. In the name of security, he sometimes flies private - you probably would, too, if you had death threats against you.

Michael M. Noonan   March 24th, 2009 3:00 pm ET

Lord, why do we have to keep avoiding even looking at the tomes written by this silly man? This is a guy who can't even control his weight, much less talk like an expert on so called climate control, about which, despite the smugness of the corpulent Gore, I remain at best an agnostic.

SGTBIGO   March 24th, 2009 3:00 pm ET

Hey Common Sense Party,

Lay off the Gore Kool-Aid. He's nothing more than a liar and a hypocrit and anyone that says that Al Gore is "one of the most important and visionary leaders of our time" needs to be checked into a mental ward.

dj   March 24th, 2009 2:58 pm ET

you guy's are all idiots who think he's wrong. republicans? you brainwashed? by religion?

MZ   March 24th, 2009 2:57 pm ET

How many trees are going to have to be cut down to print out the copies ?

SoCalGal   March 24th, 2009 2:57 pm ET

I wonder how many fake and trumped truths this time around...

Sniffit   March 24th, 2009 2:56 pm ET

@ Kurt C., who said "But he won't debate any credible people that disagree with him. "

I've got news for ya: there's not one single CREDIBLE scientist who disagrees with him. As for nonsense like "the polar ice caps are growing"...it's seriously inconvenient that there are people in this country who are so stupid that they believe blatant lies like that. They are measurably smaller. The ONLY point I'll give you people are that he's a hypocrite because of his own energy consumption, which I find reprehensible if he's to responsibly deliver the message. Yes, plenty of people disagree with him, but most people refusing to believe that the Earth is not the center of the Universe didn't make Galileo's heresy trial any more righteous now, did it? The FACT is, "global warming" is a misnomer...the proper concern is for "climate change," which the pollutants we spew into our atmosphere have caused to be more dramatic and violent. Most of you just disagree because you think it's a "liberal" v. "conservative" issue and Rush LImbaugh put it in your heads that it's a liberal political tactic...it's not. If anything, Bush, for political reasons, tried to hide that NIS scientists were discovering more and more evidence of it.

Don   March 24th, 2009 2:54 pm ET

It doesn't matter if global warming is real or not...I don't have to listen to a word this guy says. He produces more CO2 in one year than I will in my entire life. He is a hypocrite and among the very last people who should ever lecture anyone about this issue.

Fair is Fair   March 24th, 2009 2:54 pm ET

The book will be titled "A Profitable Lie".

Todd   March 24th, 2009 2:54 pm ET

Donate all sales of the book to .... himself? Wow, how noble.

Karen - Missouri   March 24th, 2009 2:53 pm ET

Of course there's more pollution. When I grew up in the 1950s and 60s, families had ONE car. Then two. Now all the teens have to have their own cars. So we've tripled the autos.

then of course, builders only know how to build enormous utility guzzling homes instead of average affordable homes. And they bulldoze ALL the trees and strip the land instead of earmarking some trees to remain. (And it's possible because I lived in such a subdivision).

It's ok for Gore to write a book. If that's what he wants to do, ok. At least he's doing something which is more than I can say for many politicians who only whine and go on witch hunts instead of getting honest work done.

Shooky   March 24th, 2009 2:50 pm ET

There are STILL people that believe in man-made global warming...err climate change? Al Gore has to be the most unqualified and inaccurate weatherman in the history of the world.

stormerF   March 24th, 2009 2:50 pm ET

If.... he was really worried he would,stop flying around in his private plane,give up his boat and SUV's,sell his mansion and buy a green friendly home.OR is it Hypocrocsy to not practice what you preach?

ceepee   March 24th, 2009 2:50 pm ET

I never did like him.

Robert Batelli   March 24th, 2009 2:49 pm ET

Al Gore is still selling his snake oil. He is a promoter not a scientist and is promoting carbon credits, his project after he was removed from the political arena. Let have a real objective debate with scientists from both sides of the spectrum before we draw any definitive conclusions and start imposing costly economic solutions. Afterall, that is the basis for the scientific method.

jparker   March 24th, 2009 2:48 pm ET

Al Gore and Climate Change follow the yellow brick road!

Al   March 24th, 2009 2:48 pm ET

I will buy several copies in case I run out of toilet paper!

Leta   March 24th, 2009 2:47 pm ET

Just in the nick of time to....let me tell ya!!! So who's money really are you laundering I don' t think you had that many voters....So I seriously doubt you sold that many books........and I doubt you will sell enough to cover up you and yours next scam re: AGI.......

solussd   March 24th, 2009 2:47 pm ET

Well posts here don't reflect very well on humanity's chances of solving the climate crisis. I suspect none of you here really understand the mechanism by which global warming occurs, how the Earth's climate is not a simple linear system, but a complex differential one. Pumping more carbon dioxide into our thin atmosphere can and has trapped in extra heat. That extra heat modifies this system. Mean global temperature over the past several decades has increased, is continuing to increase, and we are seeing the effects everywhere- The north pole, the acidification of our oceans due to the extra carbon dioxide it has been absorbing, releases of large quanities of methane that was trapped under our ocean due to subtle warming, etc, etc, etc. Frankly, you all sound like a bunch of idiots.

BTW- is there some crazy right-wing forum where you all gather and coordinate attacks on stories such as this one?

eric   March 24th, 2009 2:47 pm ET

I thought Al dissapeared! Is there a more irrelevant person in this world?

Classy 57   March 24th, 2009 2:47 pm ET

Why doesn't this jerk fade away into the sunset and leave us alone!!!! We had the coldest winter in years here in NorthernFlorida. I don't buy global warming for one New York second. The man put his star on this global warming and ran with it and there were enough jerks on the Nobel Prize Award to reward him and others in the media to praise him. I wouldn't read the book if it were given to me. Go away, Al Gore, as all previous vice presidents have done - crawl in a hole somewhere far away.

Anonymous   March 24th, 2009 2:46 pm ET

I thought that I typed a bit to post but it seems that CNN is persnickety today. Our old buddy Gore needs to put up or shut up. His mansion burns more fuel, etc., in one day that any 10 of us do in one year! I cannot believe this overinflated egotistical idiot can garner any press! Oh, I forgot about the dems. He apparently has their ear!

Really   March 24th, 2009 2:46 pm ET

He sure is making a fortune off of this garbage. Almost seems like a big con. I am sure he is just doing it for the good of the Earth though.

Vegas   March 24th, 2009 2:46 pm ET

What happened to Global Warming? Oh wait–if the Earth starts cooling than "Global Warming" won't work. So, let's change the catchphrase to "Climate Change". We'll be able to make money no matter WHAT happens during the planet's normal cycle of heating and cooling.

Oh, and by the way, the best way to remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere is to PLANT MORE PLANTS! Remember photosynthesis from elementary school science? Don't think that has changed.....

Ben   March 24th, 2009 2:44 pm ET

Wow... what's with all the Climate Change deniers? Is it lunch break at the loony bin?

Al Gore has done more in the way of global service than most of us will in our lifetimes. If you can't respect his cause or his message, at least show some respect for someone who is actually trying to improve the world we live in, rather than exploit it.

Truth   March 24th, 2009 2:42 pm ET

I can tell from all of the comments by the anti-Gore, deny global warming crowd, that it's much more convenient for the conservatives to stick their collective heads in the sand, and continue to destroy the planet (and rake in the bucks while doing so).....

SHAME ON ALL OF YOU.

SC   March 24th, 2009 2:40 pm ET

He needs to give some carbon credits for his hot air. Enough is enough, Al!

gt   March 24th, 2009 2:38 pm ET

snake oil salesman.....ugh

Andy J, Upstate NY   March 24th, 2009 2:37 pm ET

OHH NOOO!!!!

Its ManBearPig!

hahahaaha

Al, Take a seat.

Everyone knows the earth was in an ICE AGE about 10,000 years ago. The world, in general, has been warming ever since.

Recently, the earth has been cooling since about 2000.

oh Al.

its ManBearPig!!!!! ahhahahahahahahahahaha

AndyL   March 24th, 2009 2:36 pm ET

I never once beleived all the rhetoric about Obama not being an American born citizen, but I think Al Gore might be a madman Canadian enviromentalist in hiding.

blossominglotus   March 24th, 2009 2:36 pm ET

Maybe in this book he will emphasize the role that our diet choices have upon our environment. According to a UN Report, "Livestock's Long Shadow", close to 18% of all green house gas emissions come from the livestock industry, more than the world's transportation industry.
Why hasn't he been discussing this? The environmental impact of a plant-based diet is a fraction of that of a meat based one...in terms of pollution, water and land usage, and green house gas emissions.

Lisa B   March 24th, 2009 2:35 pm ET

What if he is correct?

Nestor, Austin, TX   March 24th, 2009 2:34 pm ET

Here's a title for Al, "Global Warming: How to get Rich from the Biggest Hoax in the World"

Kpawlak   March 24th, 2009 2:33 pm ET

Ok. Now he calls it "climate change". Now Gore has all bases covered just in case. Especially if it starts getting colder. That will be a call for crises also. It is so true. Climate Change is the new religion of the left.

steve   March 24th, 2009 2:33 pm ET

Where is man-bear-pig?

Marc   March 24th, 2009 2:31 pm ET

ManBearPig!!!!!, Henry Miller and specially Neutralizer – The question is not if there is a Global Warming or not, but if it is man-made or just a cyclical event on this old planet of ours. It's not scare tactics, pure paranoia or rebuking of scientific facts. It is happening.
Neutralizer please tell us WHERE you get the info that 'Ice caps are not melting they're growing', cause I like to know who (besides you) hasn't heard or believes in the PROVEN FACT that somewhere from now to 2050 the North Pole will become navigable in the Summers. The so called permafrost (ice that last more than six years) is diminishing year after year. Everywhere there's proof that the ice caps are melting.
And please people, stop the nonsense about 'If there's a Global Warming why there's still Winter?'. The seasons exist due to the Earth's inclination towards the Sun, so as long as there's inclination there will be summers and winters.

J.P.   March 24th, 2009 2:30 pm ET

It's time to get "environmentalism" declared as the new religion that it is and get it banned from schools.

sniffhole   March 24th, 2009 2:29 pm ET

Mabe Sniffit will attend as he's as foolish as lying AL.

Michael   March 24th, 2009 2:29 pm ET

Making up more stories to sell his fictional book.

Eva   March 24th, 2009 2:29 pm ET

It's refreshing to see how people here are waking up to the global warming fraud.

EricV   March 24th, 2009 2:27 pm ET

For those of you who accuse Al of singlehandedly causing climate change because of his jet and his big house you need to imform yourself about carbon credits. He offsets his carbon use by buying carbon credits from companies that haven't used their share. Also, no human has ever been more succesful at informing an entire world wide population about climate change. That in itself would be enough to offset whatever meager carbon dioxide he puts into the atmosphere. I'm sure you will continue to bad mouth him though because your myopia is caused by your bipartisan hate.

Bxgrrl   March 24th, 2009 2:27 pm ET

Will he include the impact of raising cows for meat? That was the real inconvenient truth that was glaringly omitted from An Inconvenient Truth.

larrydalooza   March 24th, 2009 2:27 pm ET

I think Al's gravity is causing global psychosis. He is causing the Earth to wobble thus inspiring manic depressive tendencies.

Carl   March 24th, 2009 2:26 pm ET

HALF MAN HALF BEAR HALF PIG!!!!!!!!

MANBEARPIG!!!!!

No difference between liberals/global warming and neo-conservatives/Iraq. Same fascist ideals; different sides of the aisle. All about money and control.

Diane Dagenais Turbide   March 24th, 2009 2:25 pm ET

Cynism is every where today but that should not stop people from living more responsibly!

J.P.   March 24th, 2009 2:25 pm ET

I find it funny... liberals believe in evolution, but still intend to "stop" climate change (as if tiny humans actually have the ability in the first place).

In order for species to evolve, you must first have change as the catalyst... meaning the climate and earth have been changing since the dawn of time.

Folks, we can't predict the weather, let alone change it. The weather man can't tell me with a shred of accuracy if it will rain this weekend, but we're supposed to believe Al Gore can tell what the temperature will be 100 years from now. Saying humans have the capacity to change the climate is like saying we have the capacity to change gravity. Humans are small and insignificant and when we as a species go extinct, the earth will still be here, heating and cooling in regular cycles as it always has.

Using a scant few hundred years of shoddily-gathered data to predict the long-term climate is like sitting with your nose pressed up against your TV screen with the volume muted, focusing on one single dot of color, and attempting to guess the plot line. You can't do it... and why? Because your data set is too terribly, woefully thin from which to draw any conclusions.

I swear, you give a monkey a brain and he'll think he's the center of the universe with the ability to change the climate.

David   March 24th, 2009 2:25 pm ET

This dude is a Quack (notice with a capital Q). He and the IPCC are in this for the money that they profit from this. The IPCC is funded by the government and , of course, they want to impose a carbon tax. The IPCC was already caught in October falsifying data to say it was warmer when, in fact, temperatures were cooler. Wake up!

southerncousin   March 24th, 2009 2:24 pm ET

It hasn't been released yet because he is still making up the facts.

steven harnack   March 24th, 2009 2:24 pm ET

hey, look at me! i'm too stupid to understand the complexities of climate change so i'll just insult and belittle them that does! guess i showed them!

JJ12345   March 24th, 2009 2:22 pm ET

Hopefully it will be a bestseller......as fiction

Erik S.   March 24th, 2009 2:21 pm ET

Gore has made his billions of dollars off of scare tactics and false numbers, just go away.

concerned coloradan   March 24th, 2009 2:17 pm ET

Hey Neutralizer, where do you get your information? Have you been to the ice caps? I have. They're shrinking, along with all the glaciers.
I was in antarctica last year and the climate change is incredible.
Perhaps you need to pull your head out of the sand, or wherever it is and wake up to the fact that this world is in trouble.

Ron Morrison   March 24th, 2009 2:16 pm ET

He'd have a new book if he just removed all of the incorrect and false information contained in his first book: "An Inconvenient Truth". A suitable title might be: "The Rising Tide".

KJL   March 24th, 2009 2:16 pm ET

HIS foundation? How much does he (or his family members) pull out of this foundation in salary?

thomas   March 24th, 2009 2:14 pm ET

Please tell me that this book has nothing to do with dark matter.

Michael an American Taxpayer   March 24th, 2009 2:13 pm ET

Well Vice President Gore needs the money to fuel his private jets to travel the world and pay for the electric bills to light up his mansions. Can't blame him for trying to make some money about Climate Change but is the worst practitioner of Green Living.

concerned coloradan   March 24th, 2009 2:12 pm ET

You Go, Al!!!!
It is hard to believe so many people don't understand that this is a
true problem. Unfortunately, Gore is probable preching to the choir.
If it convinces just one person it will help.

New Yorker   March 24th, 2009 2:11 pm ET

Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" is full of lies and by the looks of these comments, so far, the people are finally catching on. Too bad it the lies were funneled to our school children in an effort to scare the anything but green out of them.

Mississippi Mike   March 24th, 2009 2:11 pm ET

Maybe he will explain how (ironically) all of the big global warming events this winter were snowed out. Or maybe why we are supposed to already be 30 feet under water but aren't. Perhaps he'll explain how carbon levels LAG changes in the Earth's temperature. He should probably also expound on the facts that the sun's activity and volcanic activity have far more to do with global warming than anything mankind could ever do. His last chapter should be devoted to why his house uses 20 times the energy of the average household, how he flies around the globe in his private jet, why the rest of us need to lose weight to keep our carbon emissions down and how his acolytes in the UK defend their position that population reduction is the answer.

Frank   March 24th, 2009 2:09 pm ET

Well what else is he going to do but tell others how to live? He'll fly all over the world burning more jet fuel than I will my entire lifetime promoting this book, then go back to his mansion which uses 10 times more energy than my home.

"Do as I say, not as I do."

Anonymous   March 24th, 2009 2:08 pm ET

Gee – the big blow hard's mansion uses more energy in 1 day than I do in 1 year!! So much for global warming – he needs to step up to the plate and get his own house in order. All the fools that believe him, ha, 677 scientists can't be wrong! Big Al the blowhard!!

ron   March 24th, 2009 2:07 pm ET

...cuz he's soooo smart and he knows soooo much and all you dummies are falling for it (while he grows richer and fatter and demands more and more of the masses. he's a hypocrite, sure, but that's fine in the democratic party, so no worries.)

Kurt C.   March 24th, 2009 2:07 pm ET

But he won't debate any credible people that disagree with him. Global Warming is the new religion and Al Gore is the new Pope. You'd better not disagree or you might find yourself as a target of the New Inquisition.

bsmith171   March 24th, 2009 2:06 pm ET

can al gore write?
he can't read.

he failed divinity school.

worriedmom   March 24th, 2009 2:04 pm ET

Please go away. You lost, you are not important! anything to make a buck!

Jimmy the Greek   March 24th, 2009 1:57 pm ET

When will Gore ACTUALLY face his critics (world scientists who debunk Gore's fairytale)?

I guess that would be too much of an inconvenient truth for Al??

Tom in Delaware   March 24th, 2009 1:56 pm ET

Wow...first we had Rev. Al Sharpton, now we have Rev. Al Gore...who'da thunk it?

Global Warming is turning into the new religion of the Left.

Jim   March 24th, 2009 1:56 pm ET

Who's going to pay for this one? Last time he used government money to fly around the world, take pictures from helicopters and pen the script while he was still vice president. He's a mooch and a nut... forget him.

Larry   March 24th, 2009 1:55 pm ET

The sky is falling -The sky is falling !!! So.......how come the temperature is NOT climbing in the last few years,it has actually gone down ,explain that.

Sniffit   March 24th, 2009 1:54 pm ET

OMG, NOT SCIENCE!!!! EVERYONE QUICK, HIDE UNDER YOUR BIBLE!!!

Fitz in Texas   March 24th, 2009 1:50 pm ET

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, wonder if he'll talk about his private jet which adds to global warming. Or, how about those large utility bills he gets every month from that very large house he lives in. And, that's just a few things he does to add to global warming.

dumbocrat alert   March 24th, 2009 1:48 pm ET

....and it will be a best seller on the fiction best book list.

The Common Sense Party   March 24th, 2009 1:46 pm ET

Gore will go down in history as one of the most important and visionary leaders of all time. Shirt-sighted, selfish individuals governed by political rhetoric start spewing your venow in 3...2...1...

phoenix86   March 24th, 2009 1:44 pm ET

Gore is still peddling the Big Lie. Adolf would be proud.

Scott   March 24th, 2009 1:44 pm ET

An inconvenient truth is Gore himself and how much energy his personal house uses and his personal flying habits. Too bad he is all talk and people actually listen to this hypocrite.

Neutralizer   March 24th, 2009 1:41 pm ET

Hey Al, are you going to follow Jonathon Porrit (*advisor to Gordon Brown – UK) we must cut our population in half to have a sustainable and conducive for your global warming myth. Shall we start shooting illegal aliens in this country now and killing all children?

Spencer/Newport News, VA   March 24th, 2009 1:41 pm ET

I guess he plans on winning a few more Nobel Peace Prizes. I wonder how much of a change Gore would've made on the climate if he was the president.

Moderate Democrat   March 24th, 2009 1:41 pm ET

Gore: A hypocrite if there ever was one.

He adds more pollution and consumes more energy then 50 people combined. He needs to do what he say's, and say what he does.

I'm tired of his: "Do as I say, not as I do" rhetoric.

"Al. That's not acid rain — you're making the planet cry."

Neutralizer   March 24th, 2009 1:37 pm ET

Al, stop with your Global Warming and sheit, earth is not warming up, it is COOLING OFF. Ice caps are not melting they're growing. You're making millions with your global warming myth, you even fooled the Church of England to invest $243 millions with your myth.

Jeff   March 24th, 2009 1:36 pm ET

Al Gore needs to get his head out of the sand in his refusal to believe that a great percentage of people question the science of global warming. He is not doing anyone any favors by refusing to engage and debate this gigantic skeptical (stupid) audience.

I used to consider Al Gore a personal hero. Now I consider him an over-fed, over-indulged coward. His electric bill is pretty pathetic as well.

Stop patting yourself on the back and go make use of yourself, Al. Get on a treadmill while you're at it.

something is happening, to be sure   March 24th, 2009 1:36 pm ET

but is it our fault or is it cyclical

how do you prove that

ice caps melting bad or part of the earth's natural cycle?

Conservative and Proud   March 24th, 2009 1:35 pm ET

Is it gonna be a bunch blank pages?

Kathy   March 24th, 2009 1:35 pm ET

I am very interested he'll include the big fact that eating meat is a major contributor of greenhouse gases, moreso than cars. A carnivorous eating environmentalist is somewhat of an oxymoron.

Henry Miller, Cary, NC   March 24th, 2009 1:34 pm ET

The title of the book ought to be The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!

Gore, why don't you go run in circles, screaming and shouting, somewhere else? We're tired of you here.

Dave Pina   March 24th, 2009 1:31 pm ET

Hey I get it! Nice way to get paid! Donate to your favorite charity.....

AndyL   March 24th, 2009 1:30 pm ET

More greenhouse gases coming out of Al Gore

Kevin in Ohio   March 24th, 2009 1:26 pm ET

A Convenient LIE.

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