FearLess Q&A with Al Gore, Alex Bogusky interviews Al Gore - USTREAM
At the 22:30 mark, Bogusky says "I talk to friends who are really intelligent people, and when we talk about climate, they'll say things to me like 'well you know that the science isn't settled yet'".
31:30 more talk about contrarians. Gore: "This is an organized effort to attack the reputation of the scientific community as a whole."
39:45 Bogusky: "In terms of jobs from coal, aren't there already more jobs in solar than there are in coal?". Gore: "More jobs in wind than in coal..."
42:58 Gore says that "we've" got to win this conversation. Challenge the "deniers", like when people used to challenge racists...45:30 Bogusky says "I think it 's difficult to talk about, and it's difficult to confront the denial facts that people spew out".
56:00 Gore: "The big events are becoming more frequent and bigger...we've had ten disasters this year, 2011, in the United States that have cost a billion dollars or more. We've never experienced anything like that before."
Hurricane Irene: Another Billion-Dollar Disaster?
At the 22:30 mark, Bogusky says "I talk to friends who are really intelligent people, and when we talk about climate, they'll say things to me like 'well you know that the science isn't settled yet'".
31:30 more talk about contrarians. Gore: "This is an organized effort to attack the reputation of the scientific community as a whole."
39:45 Bogusky: "In terms of jobs from coal, aren't there already more jobs in solar than there are in coal?". Gore: "More jobs in wind than in coal..."
42:58 Gore says that "we've" got to win this conversation. Challenge the "deniers", like when people used to challenge racists...45:30 Bogusky says "I think it 's difficult to talk about, and it's difficult to confront the denial facts that people spew out".
56:00 Gore: "The big events are becoming more frequent and bigger...we've had ten disasters this year, 2011, in the United States that have cost a billion dollars or more. We've never experienced anything like that before."
Hurricane Irene: Another Billion-Dollar Disaster?
[Some of the "top ten" events that Al Gore blames on global warming]
Jan. 29-Feb. 3 'Groundhog Day Blizzard'
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April 8-11 Tornadoes and Severe Storm Damage
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April 14-16 Tornado Outbreak
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April 25-30 Tornado Outbreak
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May 22-27 Tornadoes and Severe Storm Damage
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