Ball: "Actually, ridiculous statements and definitive claims of doom are a good sign."

CFP: Gore getting desperate proof public cooling on GW hoax

Al Gore’s ten year threat implies a tipping point. James Hansen and others similarly warn we are close to such a point. Ironically, we are reaching a tipping point, but it is not the one they envisioned. Rather it is the tipping point created by their extremism. A point were the increasing claims and threats become so irrational and ridiculous that they force people to change their perspective even if they still don’t understand the science.