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To: JohnM who wrote (20955)	6/14/2006 3:11:43 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 541236

Gore repeats the central point, I doubt it was garbled to the point of seriously changing the meaning unless the interviewer (or poster of the interview) was trying to distort what Gore said. "Well, the debate is over in the scientific community. There are 5 points to the global consensus. Number one, global warming is real, Number two, we are mainly responsible for it. Number 3, the effects are catastrophic, Number 4, we need to fix it quickly, and number 5 it’s not too late. Those 5 elements make up a very strong consensus. And on those points, the debate is over. " If I had any evidence at all, even the slightest bit of evidence, that might vaguely suggest the interview was unreliable or distorted or mistaken in some way, I'd say fine and throw out the whole thing from the debate here, but I have seen none. If Gore doesn't actually think that the consensus of scientific thought supports all 5 points than his statements are unreasonable and irresponsible. ""Less than 10 years." That, Gore warns, is all the time that "leading scientists" say we may have "before we cross a point of no return" — unless we make a "really good start toward dramatic changes" to combat global warming. chron.com Mr Gore said the world faced a stark choice between the end of civilisation and a future for its children. news.bbc.co.uk "“How long before it might be too late?” The scientists, who I most respect on this question, are now saying, and this is new for them to say, that in their view we have less than 10 years in which to make a significant start in changing the amount of carbon dioxide pollution we put into the earth’s atmosphere or else it will be too late. Now I think we’ll act long before then, but that’s not much time in the sweep of history, and we have 2.5 years left in an administration that is moving the US in the wrong direction, so if the scientists are right and we only have 10 years" retrocrush.com "Deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years -- to 300,000 people a year." climatecrisis.net "I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis." grist.org