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<Why does the right bash Gore so much? Why is there an army of trolls spreading myths about Al Gore almost every time the topic of global warming comes up on a major media site? Because he's sooo good.
In my mind, former US Vice President Al Gore is without a doubt the best global warming communicator of which I'm aware. He's one of the best communicators on the left, in general. This is a great threat to fossil fuel billionaires who don't want to see us transition to a cleantech world. This is a great threat to people who want to doom the world to global climate chaos. Gore's forceful presentation at the opening ceremony of Abu Dhabi Ascent* proved that again. It was one of the most forceful presentations on the topic I've ever seen.
Mr Gore started off by emphasizing that we would address the global warming crisis. He quoted Wallace Stevens, who wrote, "After the last no comes a yes. And on that yes the future of the world depends." Interestingly, the next lines in that quotation, which were not quoted by Gore, were: "No was the night. Yes is the present sun." I know that wasn't the intention, but that makes for a good analogy between our fossil fuel history and rising solar power future (and, increasingly, our present).>
video at link
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/al-gore-crushes-it-abu-dhabi-ascent-presentation-videos.html