Dec 9, 2009: Gore now claims that there was "raging debate" around 1999 - CNN.com
Gore was asked if the e-mails -- dubbed Climategate -- would hurt the discussion.Flashback: Gore claimed that the "debate is over" back in 1992
"If you put it in a longer context -- 10, 12 years ago -- when the last of these big meetings took place, virtually no heads of state went there. There was still raging debate on points [regarding climate change] that have long since been settled," he said.
"Only an insignificant fraction of scientists deny the global warming crisis. The time for debate is over. The science is settled."
So said Al Gore ... in 1992. Amazingly, he made his claims despite much evidence of their falsity. A Gallup poll at the time reported that 53% of scientists actively involved in global climate research did not believe global warming had occurred; 30% weren't sure; and only 17% believed global warming had begun. Even a Greenpeace poll showed 47% of climatologists didn't think a runaway greenhouse effect was imminent; only 36% thought it possible and a mere 13% thought it probable.
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