yes, i watched that for school. We have to do something about the problem with global warming!

Alot of people doubt it, but how can you doubt seeing polar caps melt and many of the other things where scientists and others took photos, videos, etc. of the events and the flooded ocean side houses, and some of the other things in the movie that are simple facts? And some of it is very disconcerting to me, yes.

No...Al Gore fudges his facts...for instance..In his movie he says if the ice caps were to melt the water level would rise 20 feet...however, 10 years ago they said it would only rise 12. So how is it that if global warming is such a potent hazard that the ice caps could of actually gained that much more ice?????? Things like this make me doubt Al Gore as a credible climatologist...which he isn't. Why have you rated this down???? Can you argue something I have said?

I dont believe the "global warming" hype. In the '70s is was getting cooler, now its getting warmer. BS!

There's no question that the Earth is getting warmer, and the best and most compelling explanation that currently exists is that it's due largely to burning fossil fuels, which produces large amounts of CO2. There is strong evidence that the consequences will be severe. There is a very large consensus among scientists about this. Folks who say otherwise are either ignoring the facts or listening to someone with a non-science agenda. This doesn't mean that everything Al Gore says is correct, but there's an awful lot of pure BS being sprayed around by those who don't want to see their revenues impacted (see also: oil companies). They know the right kinds of PR campaigns to run, they have the finances to make it work, and they haven't the conscience to lay off. Unfortunately, many otherwise honest ordinary people have been swept up in these disingenuous campaigns and are now repeating the "junk science" mantra that they've read about. Most of these people have made no effort to study the science themselves, they're just repeating whatever their favorite pundit says. So am I afraid? Not really. But I do consider that I have an obligation to speak up on the topic. Whatever happens will happen, but at least I'll know that I didn't just sit there and let the B.S. go unchallenged. Anyone who wants to research this topic (as opposed to just reading science-flavored politics) has many excellent web resources to choose from. The Union of Concerned Scientists is a good starting place -- this is an organization of over 10,000 scientists, Nobel laureates, and other experts in the field who've expended a great deal of effort trying to counter the deliberately misleading information which is being propagated on this topic: http://www.ucsusa.org/ This organization lacks the financial resources of the oil industry, but has the credibility advantage by an order of magnitude. It's worth noting that even though the current U.S. Presidential administration has a reputation for resisting the evidence on global warming, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still warns about the consequences of our current direction: http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ClimateScienceFAQ.html

Yes! There is serious science behind the claims that global warming is a real and imminent threat. Bush and Howard may commission studies that conclude in their favour, but the fact that Bush doesn't even consult with his top science advisers anymore does not instill one with a confidence in his opinions. According to a CNN report, Micheal Crichton, the novelist has replaced the former (highly qualified and credible climatologist) adviser, and is now telling him there is no cause for alarm. Meanwhile increasing numbers of scientists around the world are concluding (independently of each other) that a very disturbing pattern is indeed emerging. Pacific atolls are becoming uninhabitable due to rising sea levels! Glaciers ARE receding at unprecedented rates! Arctic winters are getting shorter and warmer, and the eco-systems there are suffering now! Polar bears are being driven from the ice earlier due to hotter weather. Co2 output has increased everywhere, despite the warnings and even Japan, the original proponent of Co2 reduction has failed miserably to meet its reduction quota; instead increasing output by 12% since the original Kyoto Protocol idea was conceived. China is gearing up for an economic/ industrial revival of proportions never before seen on this planet, and since their industry is primarily coal powered, that means a huge increase in Co2 emissions! In the comparatively short period of human history, our bio footprint on Earth has been more like a stomp on the fragile balances that have nurtured the planet for eons. We've seriously depleted the oceans of fish stocks, and are currently squabbling over how to divide the remaining scraps. We've caused huge damage through mining, deforestation and water pollution, and with that horrific track record, we still have those who refuse to admit that we are able to impact the planet negatively. Faith in technology is "blind" and the influence of money is still the most powerful in any debate. Peru has an average of 20 severe natural disasters per year. Floods and landslides are common there. Scientists predict that Peru will become the global average within the next thirty years. Mega economies like the U.S will only be able to absorb so much damage from nature's onslaught, before the money to rebuild and recover is depleted and the economy fails. Arguments in favour of economics may very well prove to be short sighted, and by the time those in power finally realise the dangers, it will already be too late. What most people don't know or don't care about is that it is only going to take a rise in global temperature of a few degrees to cause a chain reaction of ecosystemic damage that we won't walk away from. So, the mocking laughter of the naysayers may resound everywhere now, but as the stool of inaction heads unrelentingly toward the fan of consequence , they'll be covered in "disaster" with the rest of us!!

Am I afraid? No. Do I believe the truth of it? Pretty much. Can I do much more than I already am? Not unless there's a popular revolt or until election time comes round. There are scientific studies that suggest varying degrees of argageddon coming our way, but they all agree that we are doing more harm to the world than good, and unless we stop and try to reverse this process then we are in serious trouble. Economics and other minutae are what helps to cause this problem. We can live life without so much of the forest denuding and species killing. I forget the name of the song, but wasn't it Joni Mitchell who sang "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot". We have the power to change our world, and have abused it. Now no-one has the will to change it back.

I don't think it's Al Gore's facts alone. He just compiled them and put them into a movie. The science has been understood for a little while now. It's funny that politicians only go with facts and scientists when they agree with their particular stance. Unfortunately, science is neutral; it doesn't take "sides", it just presents the facts.

I have no idea, I never listen to him.

Yes. The fact of Global Warming is not doubted by more than 90% of relevant scientists. Though, as is healthy, you will get those who disagree. So politicians should take a balanced view and discount extremists at both ends of the scale and accept the "middle of the curve" - which is well into the Global Warming camp. There are certainly the more panicky end, who say we are doomed within years, and the more complacent end, who say nothing is happening. Unfortunately, the current US administration is selecting scientists according to what it wants to hear, and not according to any facts. To reply to Mr. McClister: That story of yours about scientists using thermometers in towns is simply not true. Firstly, for current measurements, scientists know very well that they have to use thermometers on mountain tops and in isolated areas. They don't depend on people's garden thermometers. Secondly, for historical temperatures, they are doing things like examining cores from coral reefs. Coral is quite temperature sensitive in the way it picks up two different isotopes of oxygen, so that by drilling into reefs, you can find out what the temperature was when the reef grew. And it is hardly suprising that estimates of the sea-level rise if the ice caps melted have changed by a factor of less than two. The frightening thing is how little we know about our own environment. We simply don't know, accurately, how much ice there is. Certainly, ten years ago we knew less than we do now. Recently, satellites with ice-penetrating radar have been sent up to measure the exact depth of ice in th Antarctic. Before that, ice depths were measured by men struggling over the ice cap and exploding seismic charges - difficult and dangerous, and not much done. SO the fact that we have a better estimate now of the total volume of the ice caps is hardly surprising. To teknimage: You say "Since WHEN has new technological developments had anything but POSITIVE economic results?" May I point you at Chernobyl, the congested and polluted freeways of the big cities, minimata disease, arsenic-laced boreholes in Bangladesh, the horrendous pollution of p[arts of the former communist block, the startling rise in asthma, cancer deaths (cigarettes are a technological development), MRSA, 9/11, empty fisheries wiped out by advanced trawlers... Which is not to deny that technology has *on average* been of great benefit. But there have been some significant downsides as well as upsides. The frightening thing is that we don't know what we are doing. We are driving at top speed down the freeway with the windscreen misted up and hoping that there is nothing in the way. We *may* get away with it - but the betting is not.

This is a 4 part question. Are you afraid? Is Al Gore believable? Is an "Inconvenient Truth" an unbiased presentation of facts? What do you think about the possibility of Global Warming? I'll sit this one out. Environmentalists are about as much fun as religionists. Apologies to all. Bye now.

It seems everyone argues against global warming because its easier to sit and argue about it than it is to start recycling, take the bus, or plant a tree. C'mon people. We've been told to do this stuff since kindergarden. Its common sense that the above is good for our environment and driving your car, burning tires, and dumping your oil in the drain is bad. Still, we do this sort of thing everyday. (Yes, i have dumped my motor oil in the drain) The whole point of the movie, i feel, is to cause you to get off the couch and do something to help the environment. Now that I have kids, this movie was a real eye opener for me. I'm a huge supporter of the bush camp, but I know, because common sense tells me to, that doing things to reduce co2 in the atmosphere is good. If I ever question my common sense, i just reach for national geographic to fill the gaps. I don't know about you all, but our family started recycling after the movie, we sold our jeep liberty and bought a car that got decent mpg (mostly to save money, but i feel good that its helping the earth too), and i told my 3 yr old that we'll be using some extra acrage my uncle has to plant a christmas tree farm this spring. (again, as a sort college fund kicker, but it also helps the air, so it gives ya a warm and fuzzy feeling)

Al gore is a political whore. He is basing his conclusion on 'voodoo' science. Al Gore should go to Tennesse and count votes from the 2000 election.

No... he's a Democrat. Democrats lie. Only Republicans tell the truth.

Yes, he's right if not accurate on the outcomes, I don't want to wait to find out what the true outcomes will be. So Al Gore is right, we are dragging are feet and we all have to work together on this one, unfortunately the mighty dollar rules, so I guess Mother nature will keep hitting us with ever changing freak weather conditions untill we do.

i am not afriad that he is right i know he is right

Yes - I am afraid that he is basically right. I do also think there were problems with his facts - no units for one (I don't think he ever said parts per billion or parts per million - he just said the amount is multiples higer) I also think he glossed over and skippe some other real concerns. I'm still afraid that he has got it close enough.

what people who study this stuff won't tell you is that their is more Co2 produced from one earthquake than all the the Co2 that people produce in one year combined! Also an earthquake's force is enough to cause the earth to shift its rotational axis around the sun and so on. thus causing the earth to rotate closer to the sun. Global "warming" is nothing more than the earth going through its interglacial periods where the earth warms up temporarily before regressing back to a cold ice age climate. This people lasts between 15-20K years. Besides they only have been studying this for about 30 something years, so how can they conclude that this has been happening since the "Industrial Revolution" In the 1970s concerned environmentalists like Stephen Schneider of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado feared a return to another ice age due to manmade atmospheric pollution blocking out the sun. For info and more on where i got my info see the link below. http://www.clearlight.com/~mhieb/WVFossils/ice_ages.html

No, he made the movie for $ $ You can make anything look bad

Algore is a fool. He has made millions over this farce.

Yes, quite frankly. I believe the facts this movie presented. I am getting tired of people claiming global warming is a hoax. We are just too lazy to do anything about it and constantly looking for a scapegoat to excuse our behaviour. it may be inconvenient, but it's the truth.

Good question. Republicans/conservatives are driven by fear and attack anything that scares them. Funny how that worked out with Scott McClellan too. A party by and for hate.

I believe that much of what he says it true. What I am afraid of is that the powers-that-be aren't listening!

not at all - i don't believe a word of his so-called 'facts'

I think some of it is fact. I also think the world has cyclical changes every 10,000 years or so. Serious ones. This could be the start of another. I'm not afraid, If some of the warming is due to human stupitity, and no one is REALLY doing a thing about it, not really, then we'll all go down together. No one person can fix it. No one person broke it.

Not in the least. Would a man with children really run up a $30,000 utility bill, fly all over the world in fuel guzzling jets and travel in gas guzzling limos unless he knew that global warming was a crock? Would you do that to your kids? If you knew that your behavior was contributing to your kids not having a future, or facing famine and thirst? He knows something he isn't telling us. Someone is paying him a lot of money for his position, or as someone else said on here, he is paying himself a lot for his position. Someone said he owns the carbon credits company that he is buying his carbon credits from.

I dont think we should actually be discussing right or wrong, whether its happening or not. I think it makes more sense to debate on the proper course of action. All you need to do is weigh the costs and benefits under the four generalizations. Two categories: its happening versus its a farce, and should we act versus should sit here with our thumbs up our asssess. These two categories and each having two possibilities put us into four distinct positions. One category we have no control over, but are still debating about. The other category we have complete control over, and havent even began considering. For some reason, the one category we have no control over we focus on intently... as though debating over whether its happening is going to make it less likely or somehow postpone it. IF its happening, and we do nothing... worst case scenario we have an extinction event. IF its happening and we do something... best case scenario we minimize the damage, save lives, preserve as much civilization as possible... worst case scenario, we all die anyway, so what difference does acting to avoid it make? So why not just do it? IF it isnt happening, and we do something... we waste a few tax dollars, sure... but we help clean up the environment and balance natural ecology against the damages human influence has actually caused. Why complain? IF is isnt happening and we do nothing... okay, so the scared little people who said "its not happening" were right all along. I hope they are proud of themselves.

Not afraid at all. It's all been debunked as just a big hoax.

No, it's just bullshit.