The case for optimism on climate change | Al Gore

Why is Al Gore optimistic about climate change? In this spirited talk, Gore asks three powerful questions about the man-made forces threatening to destroy our planet - and the solutions we're designing to combat them. (Featuring Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson)
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[@Butterworthy]

Al killed it! And not a single mention of Manbearpig.

[@ricktd6891]

It's a scam. Scroll up for more info.

[@Xob_Driesestig]

Guys, there is no need to worry about manbearpig!

[@Xob_Driesestig]

+xbob Driesestig No guys, I'm super cereal!

[@KristenOldham32]

+xbob Driesestig I came here to make that joke dammit!

[@tacoflaco5835]

lmao I knew there'd be manbearpig comment

[@nathanielbables8652]

You so flow up episode to that right?

[@lorianag5097]

xbob Driesestig 😂😂🤣

[@Krokonil]

The greatest American President that never was...

[@MauriatOttolink]

Krokonil America was mercifully spared!

[@LibertyFascism]

The North Pole missed Al's melting deadline.

[@LibertyFascism]

@Sun Flower, Al changed his address to a mansion by the ocean. That is how concerned he is about rapidly rising sea levels. He cashed in on the hoax. He might as well be a TV evangelist.

[@saraythunkertree3672]

American never had an chance of having Al Gore as President in 2000.

[@squadron29]

that would be ron paul

[@dylandawg82]

The people who need to hear this won't sit through the whole thing

[@benboor7924]

I know, I wanted to hear more about how he invented the internet!

[@ricktd6891]

This video is commie propaganda and CAGW is a global scam being used to push Agenda 21 on us. Scroll up for more info.

[@MauriatOttolink]

Dylan The people who know what unmitigated crap this prat Gore speaks,a will have shut off long before your described group have stopped picking their noses. Gore is a scientifically barely educated political prat, only believed by his like. Does that include you?

[@HSFY2012]

@@MauriatOttolink He does not need to be educated in science to follow the science. Everything he had up there is referenced and studied and is true. You are wrong.

[@ImOutsideTheBox]

I grew up with everyone hating this guy. I can't understand why from this speech.

[@muscleeatsricer44]

because he is in it for the money.

[@ImOutsideTheBox]

Kyle Hansen In what way is that bad though? I mean there are plenty of businessmen who pollute the world and enslave people for the same motive, by comparison is it so bad wanting to make money out of green technology?

[@khazms]

+Kyle Hansen You grew up hating this guy because of propaganda of some sort. Maybe your parents were Bush supporters and didn't like Al Gore, even though he was clearly the better choice.

[@ravenken]

Hi Sticky, I just could not let Laejie get away with stupidity. Obviously, this person did not watch the video that clearly showed cost. but back to your initial question. Al Gore 'hatred' is an outgrowth of the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine. You can get info on the FD from Wiki but the repeal led to bias reporting - and the creation of FOX. There have been other decisions that have allowed FOX to mislead their viewers to re-enforce their desire to influence their politics drawing a clear line that they favored GOP. The established themselves through cultural issues (against abortion, women rights,... list is endless) and distracted people from honest domestic and international policy. Instead they created tribes and they won the hate. They like to say liberals are the haters... we are just damn tired of getting run over... we are none too happy with the DNC. That's another issue. Gore was just a target and a continued target, by FOX.

[@TheDaverobinson]

because you're a bunch of sheep in the US and you do as you're told.

[@Crobat3trainer]

Al gore should run for president again

[@GumbysImperialMedia]

+Crobat3trainer LOL!!!!!!!!!!

[@AFAskygoddess]

+Crobat3trainer... And LOSE again!

[@Crobat3trainer]

AFAskygoddess Technically he won but what ever

[@GumbysImperialMedia]

***** Actually he didn't win. You just don't understand the political process.

[@Crobat3trainer]

Gumby's Imperial Media I understand it I know he didn't win because the US doesn't go by popular vote but he did win the popular vote which is why I said jokingly that he won

[@jordy3701]

whos here because there teacher made them have to be here....

[@ricktd6891]

Your teacher sold you out to the commies. Scroll up.

[@ken4722]

Let me do you assignment. Email me simpetwriters @gmail .com

[@guyra7024]

im here because of south park then finding out hes acc real

[@ricktd6891]

Tell your teacher this : From 1945 to the late 1970's atmospheric CO2 shot up like a rocket while temps fell for over 3 decades, therefore CO2 does not "drive the climate." Catastrophic Anthropogenic global warming DEBUNKED.

[@ricktd6891]

@@ken4722 Search : The Washington Post - November 2, 1922 "Report on Global Warming." It's a recycled scam. Write his paper on that.

[@zerospin876]

A republican/democratic split occurs on the board of the sinking Titanic. Democrats: We have to get the boats into the water, and start putting people in! Republicans: We can't be sure yet the ship is sinking. The jury is out. Democrats: The ship is tilted 10 degrees and water is reaching to your knees already! We have to act now! Republicans: We are at sea, some water always gets on the deck. Democrats: Whatever we will start doing it ourselves and assign people to the boats. Republicans: Oh no you wont. We will block you. *ship sinks - everybody dies*

[@ELGee1]

hahahahh

[@prakharagarwal129]

that was sooooo true

[@pitot1988]

+zerospin Oh no, your ending is wrong. The Republicans will secretly allocate resources and lifeboats for their own priviledged people, meanswhile blocking the rest. So at the end of the day, it's the 99% dies, 1% live

[@Jemalacane0]

+zerospin Actually, it's more like this: Moderates: We have to get *all* boats in the water. Democrats: Not *all* boats.

[@theinstigator2121]

+pitot1988 Actually you'll see Repubs & Dems loading the boats and while sailing away the Dems will be yelling back that they wanted to take the "poors" but the Repubs said no.

[@Alchemistic88]

Talks like this need to be publicised for animal agriculture's impact on the environment. It's great that we are switching to clean energy sources, but LARGE percentages of our carbon emissions, fresh water usage, forestry and resource depletion aren't due to the way we produce energy. We need to tackle every aspect of the problem and agriculture is a HUGE one, among others that have never gotten nearly the same attention as the fossil fuel problem, and are arguable just as impactful.

[@xapemanx]

Think of the world we could have lived in if Al Gore didn't get robbed of his presidency

[@mrsasshole]

+xapemanx It would look just like the one we have now, just with different rhetoric.

[@mkinjustice8231]

+mrsasshole no Isis would have not been there 911 could have been stopped

[@SuperAtheist]

+Mk Injustice Show evidence to support your claims.

[@mkinjustice8231]

+SuperAtheist Isis only exist because of bush Iraq war and bush has been warned about 9-11

[@mkinjustice8231]

+realnarutoboy no you're the moron

[@RinoaL]

this made me really happy.

[@alexis-wf2jp]

Can’t tell if you’re be sarcastic. But it made me feel a little better

[@ricktd6891]

@@alexis-wf2jp It's commie propaganda. Scroll up for the truth.

[@ricktd6891]

It's a huge scam being used to push commie Agenda 21 on us. Scroll up for more info.

[@satviktasupalli4885]

@@ricktd6891 agenda 21 isn't a thing. please stop with your conspiracy bullcrap

[@ricktd6891]

@@satviktasupalli4885 Sorry but it is " a thing" and you can hear them telling the public they're taking away their cars and houses. Watch the first 2 minutes of this video if you don't believe me. : kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5nVooSjpKZ4gaM

[@olivermorland5226]

How did this guy lose to Bush?

[@brittneenicoleadkins8467]

I am wondering exactly why he didn't become the president. I think it had something to due with the florida issue. I was too young to remember and be able to comprehend that piece of history.

[@Kael7777]

Turned out Bush was smarter than him lol!!

[@martini1179]

It turns out that we don't actually elect via the popular vote, but via the rules set out in the Constitution.

[@martini1179]

Gore lost because he wasn't Climate Champion Gore until years after the election. In 2000, he was lampooned on SNL as aloof, robotic, cerebral, monotone and dull--and he lost to the guy everyone wanted to have a beer with. Democrats need to learn that they need to nominate candidates that resonate with voters, like Sanders and Obama, not Gore and Hillary.

[@solidsnake11087]

+martini 1179 Clearly, the Constitution needs a major update on this then.

[@Hippienolic2]

I'm hearing a lot of numbers Al. When are you going to get to the real situation and talk about ManBearPig?

[@markwilliams5654]

where did all the ice that covered a lot of the planet go but 10,000y ago we are warming up from the last iceage

[@itoohavedreams]

.

[@oVIPUSo]

+itoohavedreams The medieval warm period (learn to spell) was most likely a result of increased sunspot activity due to changes in milankovitch cycles. However this cannot explain recent warming which has been happening faster than ever naturally recorded. You quote natural climate oscillations but these happen over a far longer scale (10s of 1000s of years) than what has been seen over the last 200.

[@garith21]

+itoohavedreams "Then ask them what they think about the mid-evil warm period. " What about it? Northern Europe and Greenland were much warmer and relatively fertile...the rest of the world, not so much. Much of Asia and North America were experiencing mega droughts. The MWP was more than likely primarily a local phenomenon. "Then ask them what effect the Earth's positioning from the sun has on the temperature." Depends on the milankovitch factors at play, but the factors you're talking about won't be significant for thousands of years and take tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of years. Which is kind of amusing when you're trying to attribute them for the cause of the last few decades. The proper way to approach the problem is ask what would be predicted patterns of warming based on different mechanisms and test accordingly. We know that CO2 is the most likely cause because it has a unique fingerprint of warming the troposphere while cooling the stratosphere. It has several other fingerprints within the instrumental record, but this unique fingerprint is also within the record and even if you reject CO2 as the cause you still need to explain the observations.

[@garith21]

***** Right....Till you realize there are observations that we have on instrumental record this might seem convincing. We observe more warming at the poles than the equator...probably not the sun doing that. We observe a warming in the troposphere but a cooling in the stratosphere...again probably not the sun. We observe the sun it's self has been dimming over the last few solar cycles to the point that people have been questioning whether or not we'll enter a new maunder minimum. Probably not responsible for most of the warming through those solar cycles. We observe it warming at night at about as much as the day...again probably not the sun. We measure an increase in downwards long wave radiation in the bands that CO2 absorbs....again probably not the sun. There are reasons why the scientists discuss topics like most recent decades with regards to this matter because while solar activity has been dropping, temperatures have continued to rise. Also we're already pretty aware of the brightening of the sun over the last 100-150 years, in fact it explains most of the warming for most of the instrumental record up till a few decades ago which no one disputes. It doesn't however explain the most recent warming because none of the observations that would be expected for that proposed mechanism are visible. Also for your 12 year old article I will post the 12 year old statement from the same institute. www.mpg.de/research/sun-influence-global-climate

[@BrookerTJustice]

+James Tahara I love when people share news articles that "cite" studies but either the study isn't even linked or the links just direct you to another article on the same site. Don't forget your helmet and pick ax next time you go quote mining, caves can be dangerous.

[@emil.jansson]

He should have won in 2000!

[@ME-ef4xs]

Al Gore did win. He won by 500,000 Votes. Please look it up. The republicans stole the Presidency. Then, inept W. let the Twin Towers fall. Then W. invaded Iraq for WMD's(oil). Can you imagine how better this world would've been if Al Gore had been allowed to be President that was rightfully his.

[@UltraRik]

But what about the ManBearPig?!?!??!??

[@pmf98]

Watch the extended version.

[@UltraRik]

Patrick Froysland okay thank you PatriK

[@valentia1752]

Al Gore for president 2020

[@lalcendor2862]

I see the dislikes and comments that convey skepticism in this man's message, but answer this: with the stakes being as high as it is, do we really want to stay resolute in skepticism and find out that we were wrong?

[@kamran102]

Science has nothing to do with staying resolute with anything. It's about finding out what is right, or at least, getting closer to it step by step. Is it wise to wreck the world economy and then finding out we were wrong? That's how it will be if we listen to Al.

[@bradleywoods3742]

@@kamran102 Don't listen to Al Gore (he is doing it for the money), listen to the THOUSANDS of scientists that have clear evidence that climate change happening right now because of us.

[@kamran102]

@@bradleywoods3742 Well, I'm listening to the THOUSANDS of scientists who say that it's not.

[@bradleywoods3742]

@@kamran102 The vast majority of scientists conclusively know that human caused climate change is happening right now. Regardless of that, at some point or another we are going to have to switch fully to renewable energy and restore ecosystems like the amazon because it is unsustainable in the long run to not do so. Better to do it now than suddenly realise that in a few years there will be no more fossil fuels, which would cause an even bigger recession as there wouldn't be nearly enough infrastructure or research into renewable energy.

[@mightymaniac8712]

kamran102 Citation?

[@SimplyGimpy]

Science, I love you.

[@Honival]

+SimplyGimpy Science is love, Science is life (...literally)

[@reference2me]

18 Science Facts You Believed In The 1990s That Are Now Totally Wrong ... google it

[@MrApplewine]

This isn't science. It is dogma. More of a Scientology. Might as well roll some heads down a pyramid and drink blood so the climate gods don't hurt us.

[@ricktd6891]

@@Honival Government "science" is a bunch of lies. The Earth is historically cold right now, not historically hot. There's no such thing as catastrophic global warming when the Earth is historically cold. It's a huge scam being used to push commie Agenda 21 on us. Scroll up for more.

[@ricktd6891]

@@reference2me It's a scam. Scroll up for more info.

[@doodelay]

He's a great speaker, wow.

[@khazms]

Well, considering he was the 45th vice president of the United Stated and was a presidential candidate in 2000, he'd have to be a great speaker.

[@ricktd6891]

@@khazms All lies. Scroll up for the truth.

[@valken666]

TED is back at doing good talks, that's great!

[@PennyStonks420]

That ending gave me chills

[@chadrosvelt357]

Why is there so much more attention paid to climate change instead of the cutting down of almost all tropical forests left, or of all the toxic waste and amounts of trash we put in the environment non stop?..I honestly think those things are more important and urgent than a couple cities losing their beaches. Its not to say global warming isn't a real problem, but by addressing deforestation and toxic waste that produces methane we can help solve global warming. All I'm saying is they should have equal importance, and all be addressed instead of throwing all our attention to one thing and almost forgetting the others. What we do to the environment is connected, we can't expect to fix global warming and not uncontrolled deforestation and expect to have solved our environmental problems. Anyway, just a thing to consider.

[@MediaSock]

Al Gore is full of it, here in Melbourne Australia the weather is the coldest it's been in over 20 years.

[@markwilliams5654]

hockey stick graph comes to mind lol

[@Qrofol]

If anything, he's a damn good public speaker. I've always been optimistic - as a scientist-in-training I believe in the ability of science to provide solutions to most, if not all, of our problems. But it's still nice to hear that renewable energy usage has increased so much and keeps increasing - it's obviously the way to go.

[@biespiel1960]

I can't believe only 103K people have watching this compelling talk about the issues facing the world and how the world is dead set to win. Watch!

[@RobertOortwijn]

Why so many dislikes?

[@MooperRanger]

+Robert Oortwijn Because people love disliking for the person giving the talk rather than what he's talking about. Al gore former VP of USA. Why people can't piss on him in another medium I'll never know, it's a video about Climate change and nothing else.

[@Mastikator]

+Robert Oortwijn The anti science community is strong and climate change is their bread and butter. You'll find that many of the climate science deniers are also people who believe the moon landing was a hoax and believe in "chemtrails".

[@unvergebeneid]

+Alexander Tamayo I wish more people had friends like yours ....

[@RobertOortwijn]

Thanks guys!

[@unvergebeneid]

+Alexander Tamayo Tell me if I'm wrong but I imagine it to be almost like breaking an addiction. I mean it must be an exhilarating feeling to be smarter than everyone else and to be privy to some more-or-less secret knowledge that _they_ don't want you to have. Adding to that how much of your online social space and time this might occupy, I imagine it to be much harder than to "just" change your opinion (which as we all know is already something that basically never happens) so you have my respect for that.

[@kevinhuang8763]

MANBEARPIG EXISTS

[@MilitantAntiTheist]

The case for pessimism on climate change | The KZbin Comments Section

[@alexturlais8558]

don't you mean optimism?

[@solidsnake11087]

At least it's proof that the shakers and movers of the world are not usually the average retards you find on here.

[@y2commenter246]

OK, that was pretty good.

[@ricktd6891]

Man-made catastrophic global warming ( now climate change ) is a huge scam being used to push commie Agenda 21 on us. : kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5nVooSjpKZ4gaM Scroll up for more info.

[@ricktd6891]

@@akivaabraham7739 CAGW is a huge commie scam. Scroll up for more info.

[@panpiper]

I would like to note that the 'good news' presented here had virtually nothing to do with government action. This is entirely due to supply and demand changing the price structure married with improving technologies. A great many people, including myself, have been saying for a very long time, that this was going to be the case.

[@shway1]

A lot of investment came from governments, there are government incentives. The us and especially Europe, a lot of tech comes out of public universities and publicly funded research. It would have come a lot sooner if there were no fossil fuel subsidies and a carbon tax.

[@panpiper]

+Patternicity I agree that fossil fuel subsidies are an aberration, both to the left and the right. All the rest would have happened all on it's own without any government involvement whatsoever. Government may have accelerated it by a year, but not much more than that. This is almost entirely the result of the natural progression of technology and pure market forces. Everything else is bluster and hot air.

[@WuMingTV]

+Peter Cohen Every little bit counts. Every human matters. Everything is important.

[@Sardonac]

+Peter Cohen The reason costs have come down is because of R&D -- largely funded by the government -- and sustained government subsidies for environmentally friendly technologies. The government of Ontario, for instance, bought carbon-efficient energy supplies for a decade well above market value so as to generate a reliable demand in the province.

[@nsecchi1]

He did in fact mention the vast subsidy given to the non renewal. Which, by the way, howls about subsidies to the renewable companies.

[@LeonidasGGG]

I still can't believe why we don't see this in our news everyday...

[@flostate6344]

!! ITS WILD

[@BWANEMAET]

i can only think manbearpig and i feel bad -.-

[@Richie_Godsil]

That was captivating and very optimistic, a very good watch indeed

[@GumbysImperialMedia]

+Richie Godsil LOL!!!

[@ricktd6891]

It's commie propaganda used to push Agenda 21 on you. Scroll up to the top for more info.

[@ricktd6891]

@@GumbysImperialMedia It's a huge scam. Scroll up for more info.

[@srimansrini]

Al Gore, a self-appointed advocate of climate change, gives this riveting presentation. It is his favourite subject. Packed with fun, parody and humour, he gives us optimistic news about ‘climate change.’ Informative and thought-provoking, Al Gore’s talk is simply awesome blend of science and entertainment show. Highly recommended to those who are living on this planet and those who want to live on this planet.

[@engladtur]

The WILL to react yourself, is a renewable ressource... Beautifully said, Al!

[@crackengeekproductions3843]

I actually love this man.

[@MarkoThePsycho]

guys I think he is super cereal.

[@ricktd6891]

It's a scam. Scroll up 4 more info.

[@violetacarreon5456]

El vídeo es importante porque nos da a conocer todo lo que va sucediendo con nuestro planeta, el cambio climatico, calentamiento global y que en los últimos años ah aumentado mucho debido a tanta contaminación. Y tambien nos va dando a conocer todo a detalle de lo que va pasando y las consecuencias de cada tipo de problemas que ocurren en diferentes partes del mundo.

[@barcaloco04]

the main greenhouse gas emitter is animal farming but he doesnt mention it as one of the most important. wtf

[@CheLudo037]

+barcaloco04 Yeah was kind of deceived there, we only see it in the image when he talks about the causes.

[@Michael-ke8on]

I'm SUPER cereal!

[@ShakeelD1]

15 years for this energy transition to become a reality. Fingers crossed :)

[@rogerepps7726]

It better hurry up. It's already been 12 years since the movie came out

[@unholyrevenger72]

Those last 5 minutes of his presentation, strait fire

[@Landrew0]

You know you've fallen into a pit of zealots when the reasonable voice is the one that gets devoured first.

[@mikel.6256]

great presentation! :D

[@stephenblackwell7351]

Al Gore seems really serial in this video.

[@Narniak69]

+Sam Barkley I would dare say even, SUPER SERIAL!

[@bnkundwa]

Respect of the environment is number one priority. We all want a home with a garden, a bird house and a little library above we want to be active, to go swimming and skiing or walking. Thank you for giving your time to the noble cause of environment

[@Stalysfa]

He just explained something very basic about humans. We are an adaptable species with an extraordinary capacity to find solutions to its problem in order to survivre. I have great confidence in our capacities to fix this.

[@y2commenter246]

Cool! Sadly, it's trendy to be defeatist.

[@skydevil47]

it's manbearpig, I saw him !

[@fatetreat]

I was very surprised by the optimism presented here. I watched a lot of stories from Vice or from Elon Musk and the outlook was abysmal. I wonder if they know these figures, and it still won't be enough or if they are withholding that info to spur more change. I don't think he answered Chris's question at the end (Is it enough, fast enough), which is really the only question to be addressed. I'd like to see a debate or conversation between them if they are on the same side.

[@thirtythreeflavors]

Fear sells Teslas.

[@Creepy-Girl]

And this is why I became vegan. Everyone needs to contribute for the future of our planet instead of relying only on the government and the world leaders.

[@georgecataloni4720]

The government subsidizes meat and dairy farms. Your veganism doesn't change the fact that your tax dollars still goes towards those industries.

[@Creepy-Girl]

George Cataloni Meat and dairy industry is the world biggest environmental problem. So of course it does make a difference by not contributing to it.

[@georgecataloni4720]

SuperPig I just explained that you are contributing to it, and your veganism doesn't change that.

[@Creepy-Girl]

George Cataloni I don't live in the states, I live in sweden. Also, there is a difference between on how much you contribute. There is a difference between willingly contribute and unwillingly contribute. If more people were to be vegan, then the demand for meat and dairy products would be less and therefore that unwillingly contribute that you are talking about will be less too.

[@georgecataloni4720]

SuperPig Sweden is not exempt from agricultural subsidies. I believe it's the EU that pays it, though, which just adds another layer of bureaucracy between your taxes and the subsidies. How much you contribute is not important. If meat and dairy consumption drops, the subsidies will rise to keep them in business. That is why they get so much now: the government is trying to keep them in business. Your willingness or unwillingness to participate does not change how much you participate when subsidies are involved.

[@63M1N1]

ignore the like/dislike bar, the talk was inspiring and worth watching

[@TheNeilDarby]

+63M1N1 100%

[@ricktd6891]

It's a scam. The Earth is historically cold, not historically hot. Go look it up.

[@ricktd6891]

@@TheNeilDarby 100 % lies, propaganda and fear mongering. The Earth is historically cold right now, not historically hot. Go look it up.

[@hwing917]

@@ricktd6891 the world doesn't need to read tinfoil hat-worthy conspiracies. People who spread pseudoscience make me sick.

[@ricktd6891]

@@hwing917 Which of these are satellite feeds ? UHI, UAH, RSS, TSI, SST, GISS, NASS, HADCRUT ? WELL POSER LOSER ?

[@collenestephenson3550]

#FEELTHEBERN

[@GumbysImperialMedia]

+Collene Stephenson LOL!!! In your pants? You should get that checked. It's probably V.D.

[@SoleHarrower]

Collene Stephenson felt the Burn when Trump won loser

[@BearBig70]

@@SoleHarrower You're going to feel it this year though.🤣🤣🤣

[@omarcisneros8498]

@@BearBig70 when?😂

[@Jerry-jd5ui]

This is absolutely fantastic! Why isn't he the president? :D

[@kitnaylor7267]

Like a lot of things in this world: "cuz Bush"

[@khazms]

Really, man. He should have been president. But the elections were so damn rigged, and he was HONESTLY so damn close to winning. People actually thought he'd win until they announced that Bush had won. At Bush's inauguration, people were actually booing. That really shows how much the people wanted him to become president. It really is a shame he didn't become president.

[@Zephyr.Lo-Renz]

if memory serves me correctly, he did win! but, unfortunately, some guys named "chad" were caught hanging from the ballots. so if it weren't for them jerkies, he'd definitely been president. (wamp, wamp, wamp, waaaaaaaaamp.)

[@davidschultz1562]

Because he didn't run.

[@khazms]

David Schultz Uh, yeah he did.. he was a presidential candidate in 2000.

[@adiboy010]

That is the finest speech ever on the topic. Respect Sir!!!

[@Jxdemelo1961]

The sky is a thin open sewer for mankind to dump their sewage. Brilliant image. That's what I call good communication.

[@attecker]

guys like this video ...this needs to be shared ...we can't let trolls and tinfoil hat people make this video disappear

[@CrimsonAmaryllis]

That was a really satisfying power point.

[@swagatochatterjee9930]

"The will to act is itself a renewable resource"-- Great speech sir.Hands down!! I really wished someone like you would grace the white house instead of your businessman partymate.

[@endoftheroad10090]

At the end. HE WENT HAAAARDDD!!!! GOOSEBUMPS...

[@adub4ever]

587 more votes in Florida and he would've been our president.... Thanks Ralph Nader voters!

[@TomBombadil851]

+adub4ever You're going to blame people who voted for Nader instead of the people that voted for Bush?

[@adub4ever]

Security77 I realize Bush and Gore were close on a lot of issues, but would you expect a Bush supporter who agrees with 20-30% of what you believe to vote for Gore, or a Nader supporter who agrees with 60-70% of what you believe to vote for Gore? This nit picking back in 2000 cost us the presidency. Also the Nader campaign was actively trying to get people in Florida to vote for Nader > Gore, so it's no question that the Nader campaign siphoned off votes from Al Gore. Bush>911>Iraq War>Thousands Dead>Trillions in debt>Wounded Vets>Rise of ISIS.

[@TomBombadil851]

Oh, you're right. All of those Nader voters should've seen 9/11 coming.

[@kirstenvogel9620]

He did win. Al Gore had more votes.

[@jakib28]

What about the agriculture industry?

[@mariannekuipermilks851]

Absolutely a major contributor. Methane gas is the worst pollutant (it takes 5 years for methane to be released!!) and that's what cows give us besides meat, milk, butter, cheese etc. However: feeding them grass instead of grain produces MUCH less methane! I happen to like my burgers, but think we can do something to minimize the problems and many farmers now do!

[@sabrinastearns6551]

love this!

[@LiBaBamba]

He's super cereal.

[@KraziAzian]

The video is 25 minutes long, has been uploaded for 9 minutes, and already has more dislikes than likes. Good job trolls.

[@unvergebeneid]

+KraziAzian Doesn't really matter if these people watch the video before disliking or not. If they could be swayed by arguments and facts, they wouldn't be climate deniers in the first place. It also doesn't matter that there is basically nothing to even be against in this video, even if you're a climate denier. It has Al Gore and Al Gore is the Antichrist.

[@Mastikator]

+Penny Lane It's just troubling that there are so many of them. A few cranks here and there is to be expected but this anti-science movement is strong and loud.

[@unvergebeneid]

realnarutoboy "Denial" describes it better than "skepticism" so that's why I choose this word as a description. It's not meant to be pejorative. But then it also eludes me why one shouldn't call an islamophobe an islamophobe so maybe we're really not on the same page here.

[@KraziAzian]

realnarutoboy An indefensible ideology that 1 in 4 people on the planet follow? Get real dude, things aren't as simple as you try to make it out to be. Read a book on theology if you want to attempt to understand one of the worlds largest religions in its proper context, not the media's distorted context with the agenda you are so clearly subscribing to

[@unvergebeneid]

KraziAzian That guy is either an actual troll or unteachable. Either way, blocking is the way to go, not engaging. Save your energy for people who aren't that far gone.

[@AnstonMusic]

This was a good speak, why the dislikes? I don't usually ask this question.

[@pfeifenheini]

+Anston [Music] There are just so many people, who don't believe in the (man made) climate change.

[@AnstonMusic]

Treufuß Not on this channel there aren't. I think it's more about Al Gore being Republican or something. I guess many were disliking because of the title and prejudice, I was very wary at first, too.

[@mick7sp]

+Treufuß Hold the presses.... Is birth not a natural process? Then one could conclude that population change is a natural thing. Leading one to also conclude that changes to our climate is nothing more then a natural event that has been going on for thousands of years.

[@pfeifenheini]

Mick7sp I'm not sure what you want to say. It doesn't matter if it's "natural" or not. It is man made, and we can change the outcome. Do you propose we simply accept our destiny and the one of future generations, because it's "natural"? Wouldn't the decision of mankind to stop the climate change "natural" as well then?

[@mick7sp]

Treufuß Let me know when every person on the planet that is complaining about man made climate change have stopped buying I phones and 52 inch big-screens.. Then we can talk about how deeply the hypocrites care about climate change. :)

[@flyingflx]

This is good to see the progress. I'd like to know two things; First, with the growth of the renewables sector, how much carbon does it eliminate from our global carbon footprint? And in the context of non-burnable carbon reserves, how much of the burnable reserves will we consume for the fossil fuel systems we still have and, on the reverse, not burn for the replacement of those systems by renewable energy? Second, what is the US generation GWH (Gigawatt-hour) percentage that is renewables and how fast and far are renewables advancing in the US?

[@dryueh00]

Amazing talk. Super important. Cannot like enough.

[@LangeE612]

Good to hear some positive news about the energy crisis for a change! And what a speaker Al Gore is!

[@MauriatOttolink]

Emile ...What a liar Al Gore is.! Polar bears ...not extinct but up by a factor of 5. Both Polar ice caps to be gone by 10 years ago. Greenland was completely green 1500 years ago. The clue is in the name.. Vikings raised sheep, cattle and crops on this beautifully fertile land they'd found. Look at it now! Like the glaciers, IT CYCLES on and on without burning oil and will continue to do so. The biggest source of hot air is from Al Gore, bumbling on about something of which he knows nothing. You've been conned. He's made money.

[@jiminlargo]

Big Al sure knows how to make lining his pockets sound like the right thing to do!!!!!!

[@leon9948]

great man

[@Kael7777]

lol!! That is why he is not a president....he lost to Bush Jr

[@reference2me]

: Cap-And-Trade: Al Gore's Cash Cow... didn't have to be President to become a billionaire ...

[@moawiyaalrawas270]

The best way to convince people to do something is by showing them how it is done, not by telling them what will happen if they don't do it. Thank you Al Gore

[@joeforns]

Yes Al gore is the perfect example of a flim flam man he has made over 300 million dollars pushing this garbage . His home uses more electricity in one year then the average home uses in 21 years . He is a fraudster

[@alycem87]

Powerful video!! Incredible speaker.

Well this made me feel a bit better :)

[@fritzki1]

Yes! Keep going!

[@matthartman19]

@Kael7777 You've added much thought to this discourse, certainly comments worthy of a reasoned response. I pray you, good sir, let me sit with your wit and measure an appropriate retort.

[@azaleamaltos1756]

Que impactante es todo lo que al pasar del tiempo hemos generado, todas las contaminaciones que poco a poco han afectado a nuestro planeta, y más impactante es darse cuenta de las reacciones ambientales que han surgido tras ello, y que a estas alturas sólo podemos ver que no existe una esperanza, pero nos debe confortar que eso no es del todo cierto, si hay esperanza, sólo hay que actuar ahora, tomar las medidas correctas, reflexionar y ser positivos a la idea que aún podemos a cierto punto remediar nuestras malas acciones.

[@45von]

it is amazing that there are those that have deliberately remained uninformed Along with those that refuse to grasp the reality of (man made) climate change... Those that least understand are willing to block progress, I am encouraged to see they are NOT succeeding. thank You Al Gore for your efforts to forward such a great cause.

[@thomasdeininger1605]

Wow. Gets it all wrong and makes millions... He's a GENIUS

[@paulg.9596]

Don't worry, manbearpig will not prevail!

[@nestorsdragon8057]

The way he paced his sentences freaked me out and made me laugh as well. "This was in... Montana" That said, I have total faith in the capability of humanity to solve problems with impossible odds and so little time

[@smudgletheblog]

Well said. Lots of energy.

[@Aksm91ManNavar]

Al Gore probably flew to this TED event in one of his private jets....not too green

[@Mastikator]

+Ken Anderson So?

[@shway1]

Right because that makes such a huge difference to the global climate.

[@Aksm91ManNavar]

let me just say that I agree 100% on what he said in his talk, Im just saying for a guy who has been pushing green energy for so long to not use anything other than green energy is pretty hypocritical. And I know that one jet flight is so little in comparison to how much the world produces in co2 a day, but still.

[@WuMingTV]

+Ken Anderson I think many people would rather he fly to give this talk rather than the other way around. Stop judging others and instead help them. Be more positive! The mental atmosphere of the world has been quite depressed lately so these sorts of empowerments are more than welcome!

[@mattlm64]

+Mitja “WuMing” Mieskolainen Of-course, everyone has to try reducing their impact on climate change, but Al Gore is exempted because he's special for some reason. No! He's a hypocritical arsehole.

[@buddy77587]

You go Boy!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to share this and go viral!!!!!!!

[@KKDT]

Excellent speech, thank you!!

[@thomasdeininger1605]

Wow I'm mentally deficient... THANKS!

[@TheSuperedogg]

2021! Al you’re right !

[@myroseaccount]

Regardless of your views about Gore, or one's position on Climate Change and Global Warming, but this was a great speech delivered with real passion that is rarely evident, or allowed, in these days of PR controlled politics.

[@thomasdeininger1605]

Yayyyyyy grifter passion...

[@markwilliams5654]

it's the sun not man

[@kianheus2487]

Are you being serious?

[@markwilliams5654]

+Kian Heus its about making money through fear i

[@markwilliams5654]

+Kian Heus we didn't need to burn any fuel to begin with wind Geo and sea are very old technology

[@garith21]

+Mark Williams So why are the poles warming faster than the equator? The place that gets the least direct sunlight warm. Why is the stratosphere cooling rather than warming? The sun should be warming all layers of the atmosphere Why do direct scientific measurements of the sun and sunspot counts indicate the sun is becoming dimmer over the last few solar cycles?

[@kianheus2487]

Mark Williams Do you seriously not believe that the Earth is warming up at an unnatural rate?!

[@eileenflanagan1186]

He's totally right about the problem, and he's right about the potential to change.

[@timorauhala827]

Whatever you would have performed as a president of USA is dwarfed by the effort you are putting in to global environment.. Our true future. I am gratetful for the effort and energy you pursue this.

[@BlackStarrSoul]

In Germany, if you drive from city to city, or even town to town, you will most likely see windmills. Germany is more serious about climate change than America.

[@Brainbuster]

Everything is cleaner in Germany.

[@unvergebeneid]

+Hale Bopp Well, the far-right populists and demagogues that crept up in the recent state elections are just as filthy as everywhere else.

[@DonnePlummer69]

Germany is hands down the greatest country in the world.

[@reference2me]

You must have a lot of wind ... lucky you ... our windmills stand still most of the time.

[@0909umcia]

And it needs large government subsidies to exist. German society thus needs to work more and harder and emit more CO2 to sustain wind mills that will maybe decrease emission of CO2.

[@matthartman19]

Great speech Al Gore!

[@Kael7777]

@Matt. you must be a libtarded sheep!! Bah!! Bah!!!

[@keeper0523]

If that pipeline got approved Al Gore would be speaking a different tongue right now

[@vincentjbr]

Thanks a lot Al Gore. You inspires many many people to change and choose the truth. Your never-weary struggle now shows results. May God always bless you.

[@TheEpitome44]

Good job. Well done Mr Gore, putting up with ridicule, just like all those scientists of history who were mocked for their conclusions and honesty. The new question to replace, "Daddy, what did you do in the war?" should be "Daddy, did you deny climate change?"

[@rogerepps7726]

It didn't happen. It's 2019 now. The movie came out in 2007 ...

[@josipbroztito8615]

Well look who it is.

[@chiefaussie4985]

back in 2007 Al Gore predicted "by 2013 the Arctic will be totally ice free"now in 2019 there is still ice in the Arctic

[@herbertorigas6350]

This is a real TED Talk

[@JJs_playground]

The more I know about Al Gore the more I like him. Keep up the great work and message... *But* industrial agriculture, raising livestock, our diet accounts for 51% of greenhouse gases. All those cows and pigs burping and farting releases a lot of methane.

[@TheHua89]

Jameel Ja A good point that does need addressing.

[@ronaldsistemas128]

And do not forget the amount of CO2 that volcanoes and forest fires throw, realemte is a sham global warming and climate change this politician is not scientific is a clown.

[@thomasdeininger1605]

Wow you are sick people

[@AgeOfSuperboredom]

As expected, none of the anti-science nitwits have any counter-argument, only insults and conspiracy theory accusations.

[@rogerepps7726]

And being 12 years later with NO change at all ... The movie came out in 2007. It's 2019 now. Everything is still the same

[@user-wm2sc6rz4l]

@@rogerepps7726 No. It's not. Bears are getting insomnia because it's too hot. Australia is on fire, so is Brazil. It's getting hotter. Stuff is not the same.

[@rajus0]

What a talk, amazing

[@nutbagus]

Best Al Gore EVER Great Show Thank You