Gore Wins Global Warming Nobel, Invents the Internet, and Cures Cancer

November 5, 2007

The Nobel Committee must not be reading my blog.

They awarded Al Gore the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the “struggle against climate change”; as reported in MSNBC’s “Gore, U.N. climate panel win Nobel Peace Prize”, and elsewhere.

I have no beef with the award going for global warming advocacy, and I think Gore’s co-Nobelaureate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a fine selection. As I have said before, whether Global Warming is real or not, there are compelling reasons to become a carbon-neutral, sustainable civilization. Greenhouse gas emissions are a significant issue worthy of the global recognition a Nobel Prize proffers.

The issue is that the Nobel Committee is glorifying what I see to be the fundamental problem in the global climate change debate: unqualified, non-technical people analyzing scientific data and presenting the results as if they are fact. Nothing in science is known absolutely; see my recent post, “Global Warming is Too Hot to Handle” for more on my position.

As I pointed out in “Traum Reviews ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ ”, I have grave reservations about the “scientific” data used Gore’s movie because it does not come from reputable scientific sources. Sorry folks, the Washington Post and Time Magazine are good reads, but they are not peer-reviewed scientific journals. Gore also repeatedly states in his movie that humans are capable of reversing global warming, but the film is woefully lacking in telling us how.

The Nobel Peace Prize should go to an organization or person who actually accomplished something. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. curbed racism in America; Mikhail Gorbachev prevented World War III; but did Al Gore stop global warming? No! He didn’t even put a dent in it. In fact, in his personal life, Gore does not practice what he preaches. For example CNSnews.com reports, “Bush’s Ranch House ‘Far More Eco-Friendly’ Than Gore’s”!

By selecting a career politician, a big talker, a showman, but not a scientist for their global warming Peace Prize, the Nobel Committee has sullied and stained the legitimate science behind global climate change. They have opened the door for every environmentalist crack-pot with a conspiracy theory and too much spare time to fight that much harder to get his or her issue into the limelight.

Science is no longer important. The Nobel goes to whoever gets the most air time on MTV. Instead of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, I suggest that Al Gore be given a second place medal from the Nobel Committee for inventing the Internet.

Posted by Matthew Traum on November 5, 2007 | Comments (5)

December 13, 2007

In response to: Gore Wins Global Warming Nobel, Invents the Internet, and Cures Cancer
2nd Opinion commented:

Gore never said he invented the internet, but the reality is that he was instrumental in its creation. He helped secure the funding that allowed the early Internet to be developed.
As far as finding a cure for cancer, I really don''t know. But he has been right about so many things, could any of us really be surprised if he solved that problem too?

November 21, 2007

In response to: Gore Wins Global Warming Nobel, Invents the Internet, and Cures Cancer
Josh commented:

I agree that non-scientists debating the scientific issues of global warming is a major problem in the global warming debate; however, I think that there is definite and indipensable place for people like Gore in the debate. The IPCC is great, but they haven't and likely won't ever bring the kind of publicity to the issue necessary for something meaningful to be done about it. This is where Gore and others like him come in: they raise awareness. If people are seeking scientific information about the issue, though, they should look to the IPCC, not Gore.

November 6, 2007

In response to: Gore Wins Global Warming Nobel, Invents the Internet, and Cures Cancer
beth commented:

good

November 6, 2007

In response to: Gore Wins Global Warming Nobel, Invents the Internet, and Cures Cancer
passer commented:

Is what he said completely correct? Cause i just saw an Adobe file, stating several errors which he had commented about global warming.

November 6, 2007

In response to: Gore Wins Global Warming Nobel, Invents the Internet, and Cures Cancer
Global Warming commented:

Somebody needs to post something on the internet that is factual and informational about the effects of global warming on biodiverstiy!

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