If everyone on earth stop breathing for an hour, so wouldn´t it be a problem anymore 

Some cool news !

An ice island with an area of 100 square miles (260 square km) has broken off from one of Greenland's two main glaciers in an event that is the biggest of its kind for nearly 50 years.

Per-Capita Emissions Rising in China

Carbon dioxide emissions per person in China reached the same level as those in France last year, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency said Thursday.

The Dutch agency said that per capita emissions were 6.1 tons in China in 2009, up from only 2.2 tons in 1990. Among the French, emissions were 6 tons per person last year, said Jos Olivier, a senior scientist at the Dutch agency.

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Green cars might not be all that bad.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
I totally agree.

 marko86 wrote:  I agree completely, but give us a break, this is a forum based on music.

The stupid part is making the discussion about Al Gore when Climate Change is the problem and the topic.

U.N. report: Eco-systems at 'tipping point'

(CNN) — The world's eco-systems are at risk of "rapid degradation and collapse" according to a new United Nations report.

The third Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) published by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) warns that unless "swift, radical and creative action" is taken "massive further loss is increasingly likely."

Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the CBD said in a statement: "The news is not good. We continue to lose biodiversity at a rate never before seen in history."

The U.N. warns several eco-systems including the Amazon rainforest, freshwater lakes and rivers and coral reefs are approaching a "tipping point" which, if reached, may see them never recover.

The report says that no government has completely met biodiversity targets that were first set out in 2002 — the year of the first GBO report.

Executive Director of the U.N. Environmental Program Achim Steiner said there were key economic reasons why governments had failed in this task.

"Many economies remain blind to the huge value of the diversity of animals, plants and other life-forms and their role in healthy and functioning eco-systems," Steiner said in a statement.

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 sirdroseph wrote: 
He does practice what he preaches, but as a wealthy man.  And a very famous man... he can't take a bus ya know.  He drives hybrids.  He invests in green companies.  He invests A LOT in green companies.

He would do better if he lived like Ed Begley Jr.  That guy impresses me.  But, Al Gore is not Ed Begley Jr.  And if he was, America would not have woken up to sustainability issues.

But it's the I Hate Al Gore phenomenon.  Doesn't matter what he does, people hate him. 

 rosedraws wrote: 
Yea, but he fully understands the impact of his opulence and yet he loudly preaches to us to make sacrifices and lower our carbon footprint. I am sorry, but this is hypocrisy of the highest order and he should be stripped of any awards purely for the adverse effect of his complexs on the environment alone, the hypocrisy is just plain ol' tacky at best.

 buzz wrote: 


Hmmmm.

 cookinlover wrote: 
He doesn't have to be a saint to have done something essential and important.  And even if he's taken some profit and bought some things, that doesn't negate what he did to change the American concept of Climate Change.   

 rosedraws wrote: 
Gee, I dunno... I'm pretty sure someone else would've pointed it out. You know, someone who actually lives what he preaches, rather than someone who's only advising living green for others. Maybe someone who didn't invent the internet wouldn't look like such an idiot.

 rosedraws wrote: 
you been snookered

 cookinlover wrote: 
I've got the idiot part down, and I'm workin' on the other....

 cookinlover wrote: 
Yep, unfortunately so....

 DaveInVA wrote: 
There's plenty of them out there, incredibly.

 cookinlover wrote: 
But he's a rich idiot...

 cookinlover wrote: 
An idiot?   um.  no.  

The guy made Climate Change a household name in a way no one else COULD have done.  Can you imagine how bad the US would be if there had been no "Inconvenient Truth", and all those presentations he did?  

He used what he had and he steered the train... turned it enough to make a little change in direction... and that could make all the difference. 

He deserves kudos, and the peace prize n'at. 

 musik_knut wrote: 
They are all snake oil salesmen.

 miamizsun wrote: 
Gore was, is, and always will be an idiot.

Interesting radio programme on climate change from BBC Radio4.  "Rethinking climate change".  It should be available to listen to on iplayer or podcast either later today or early tomorrow.  Here is the link.  BTW - Even if you are overseas you should be able to listen to radio programmes on iplayer.