2007: Al Gore tells Bali the inconvenient truth on US - New Scientist
Former US vice president Al Gore just walked into the room to a standing ovation. I am in one of the big halls in the Bali International Convention Centre in Indonesia and Gore has arrived to give delegates a final pep talk before negotiations conclude tomorrow.
He cuts an impressive silhouette as he makes his way to the front of the room surrounded by his bodyguards who are as solidly built as he is.
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If I were a sports reporter, this is where I would say something along the lines of "the crowd goes wild".
In the event, it's not quite the screaming, frenzied mess of a stadium full of victorious fans, but this, right now, right here, is as close to that as you will ever get to that in a high-level political summit. In fact, as it unfolds, Gore's speech has all the makings of the pep talk a coach might give his players during half-time.
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For the remaining 45 minutes, Gore moves his way from ovation to ovation...
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