FRAUD!!! LIE!!! FRAUD!!! LIE!!! FRAUD!!!! The Inconvenient FRAUD!!!!

Actually, I digress. I must offer my congratulations to Mark and BT and all of you other Moveon.org members of the Church of Man Made Global Warming for their private jet flying, steak chomping, energy and fossil fuel consuming, limousine liberal hero and high priest�s (or perhaps I should say Imam�s?) big victory! Would you expect anything less from a left wing, capitalism hating organization like the Nobel Committee? A committee selected by the Norwegian Parliament? That gave the Peace Prize to Yassar Arafat? And to the worst, and I mean WORST President in the history of the United States of America, one James Earl Carter? The Inconvenient Lie gets the prize for a political boogie man dreamed up to suppress your freedoms. And I am freezing! Here�s hoping that this spurs Ozone Man to run for President in �08. So the Republican candidate can win IN A LANDSLIDE!!!!!! By the way, what does Al Gore and the Global Warming FRAUD have to do with peace????

Save the planet from hot air. MUZZLE AL GORE!!!!!!!!!!

"efforts to make the world aware of man-made climate change"?

You sure you wanna stick with that? Reply: I am just listing the reason why he and the IPCC were given the award. Brett. Because no single person, nor any group of persons, qualified or otherwise, has proven A) that average global temperature is rising, Reply: that has been proven, regardless of natural cycle or man-made. Brett. B) if A, that rise is damaging to the planet or to human civilizations, in either the short or long term, C) if A, that rise is anthropogenic in nature.

These are facts. I wish you guys at Accuweather.com and The Weather Channel would just shut up and listen to your knowledgeable and experience peers, instead of toeing the Pop Science line. I implore you: Use your brains. Read the work of respected academics who disagree with you, and stop listening to those who tell you there's "consensus" when it's so bloody obvious that there isn't. This sheep-like behaviour does no one any favours, least of all yourselves.

The activities of the IPCC are the furthest thing from serious scientific inquiry since the trial of Galileo. You must know that, surely ...

Al Gore and the IPCC certainly fit the mold used to determine Nobel winners.

Somehow it brings to mind that one of the more notable past recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize was Yassir Arafat, awarded just before starting the current Intifada against Israel. I guess they know how to pick 'em.

This was not unexpected. It is however as sad day for science and for the integrety of the Nobel society.
The oscars and emmies were obviously blatent gifts to add support to the propoganda. We expect that from HollyWood fluff.
To see the Nobel prose also used to push their agenda is sad.
One wonders, can they take it back when the lie is finally and completely exposed?

Jimmy Carter won the Nobel peace Prize for bringing peace to the Middle East, and for turning Iran over to the Ayatollah Khomeini.

Gore is in fitting company.

I'd remark this must be a joke, but given some of the people who have received these awards in the past...

The Nobel Peace Prize is a worthless 'award' given to promote a political agenda.

Oh - it's worth pointing out this is the Nobel PEACE Prize, not a Nobel pertaining to a scientific field.

That should tell you something.

On bit of good news on an otherwise sad day:
The Oscar academy has been asked to strip Gore and David of their award since the picture should have been in the Sci-Fi class and not the Documentary class.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/10/11/seriously-inconvenient-truth-producers-gore-s-film-asked-return-oscar

This has totally devalued every peace prize ever award. Gore et al have nothing to do with peace and everything to do with bad science, deliberate lies, gross exegerations and mis-information. What a total sham.

A formally prestigious prize for a has-been politician. My word!!!

Clearly Al Gore has publically raised the issue of Global Warming more so than anybody else. And very importantly, he did not have to.

Since he actually won the popular vote for President and lost the electoral vote by the slimmest of margin, it would have made a lot of sense for him to run again instead of associating himself with an issue that is not particularly popular in the US.

Now, I have only seen his moveie once, so while I know that many critics have made much about his sea level rise claims, I find it hard to believe that he actually predicted that the levels would rise 6 meters by 2100. It is entirely plausable that the world will experience 6 meters of sea level rise, but I don't believe any reasonable person would expect that much by 2100.

The IPCC is calling for less than a meter and of course their number is subject to change.

Concerning the IPCC. Again a lot of critics, but from my read of the scientific basis, there is no alarminism and not even much of a hint that Global Warming is necessarily a bad thing.

The report is very open about where there is certainity and where more work is needed.

Here is a link to the IPCC's summary.

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/Report/AR4WG1_Print_SPM.pdf

And here is a link to the FAQ, which I recommend.

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/Report/AR4WG1_Print_FAQs.pdf

Nobel Peace Prize. WOW!

Congratulations to Al Gore. He's done a lot of work to raise awareness. Most politicians and business leaders -- regardless of political affiliation -- now agree with the science that says humans are contributing significantly to global warming. Even extreme conservatives, like Sam Brownback, believe that it's not only real, but that we must do something about it. You would not have seen this a few years ago.

Only the extremes of the extremists deny AGW. Many of them post on this blog. Either they can choose to be a part of the solution, or they can be ignored. Right now, they're choosing to be ignored.

Wow, Gary, some right-wing hacks in New Zealand want Gore's Oscar revoked? How is this news?

A better question is why you'd be frequenting such a garbage site in the first place, but I digress.

ole alfred must be rolling over in his grave...

this is a great day for science and humanity!!

bravo Al!!, well deserved. thank you for you service to your country, and to the world, for raising awareness about this most critical issue facing our planet and the future of mankind.

never mind those skeptics here and elsewhere, they are naive and unable to grasp the realities in front of us....they would rather argue, disagree, say "lookie here at this link/article/paper/statistic, i'm right and you are wrooonggg!!!"

Mark:
You -" He's done a lot of work to raise awareness "
Reply: Actually He's done a lot of work to raise his net worth. Al's net worth has risen from 1 million to over 100 million since he started his Snake oil road show.

You -" Most politicians and business leaders... now agree "

Reply: The are simply giving in to the relentless bombardment of propoganda. Since most of them don't have the time to read all the up to date research on the topic, they start believing the hype for the left wing media.

Brett ....had to laugh about how you categorized this article! ODD NEWS is at least the best un-intentional(I presume)comment I've seen in a long time. Reply: I only have about 10 categories to choose from as it does not let me write in anything. This was the closest. Brett.
Other impressive winners of this "peace prize" include Kofi Annan along with the UN in 2001. Need we say more .........Can't wait for someone to give a prize to someone who actually does something for the environment instead of just talking or taxing about it. Our current preoccupation for CO2 (3-5% of the GHG) is just another excuse to justify taxation.

Interesting remarks since the Noble prize is basically corporate apologism. And we know how suspect corporations are.

And of course I'm sure Al did not travel there by commercial airline...but I suppose these little things are unimportantin the grand scheme of things.

"Only the extremes of the extremists deny AGW. Many of them post on this blog. Either they can choose to be a part of the solution, or they can be ignored. Right now, they're choosing to be ignored."

Here we go again...jumping to conclusions.

Clearly Al Gore has publically raised the issue of Global Warming more so than anybody else. And very importantly, he did not have to.

REPLY: He has nothing better to do!

Since he actually won the popular vote for President and lost the electoral vote by the slimmest of margin, it would have made a lot of sense for him to run again instead of associating himself with an issue that is not particularly popular in the US.

REPLY: Want some cheese with your whine, Andrew? Yeah Yeah Yeah, same old garbarge from you guys. The Electoral College is old and antiquated and should be abolished because my leftist candidate didn't win. Get over it!

Now, I have only seen his moveie once, so while I know that many critics have made much about his sea level rise claims, I find it hard to believe that he actually predicted that the levels would rise 6 meters by 2100. It is entirely plausable that the world will experience 6 meters of sea level rise, but I don't believe any reasonable person would expect that much by 2100.

REPLY: Why not??? I mean, why stop there, when we are headed for imminant disaster!

The report is very open about where there is certainity and where more work is needed.

REPLY: Yep! Keep passing more laws and regulations to keep us from using a particular light bulb, or driving an SUV. More work needs to be done!

This well deserved recognition only underscores the vast intellectual gulf between Mr. Gore, the IPCC and most of the supporters of our current president. We have the good fortune of living in a time when science is capable of determining that a major climatic change is occurring. Mr. Gore helped make a documentary with the appropriate title, "An Inconvenient Truth" and he has been leading the way on this issue for some time. It is indeed an inconvenient truth especially for the wealthy supporters and excessive Humvee consumers who are the backbone of the current Republican Party. It is to be expected that as the waters rise they will have to be carried kicking and screaming into the battle for survival rather than pitching in and doing their part to help stop this destruction.

Nobel peace prizes have lost their luster over recent years as the committee selected such undeserving winners as Yasser Arafat. Alfred Nobel's vision for the awards that bear his name was to recognize real achievements in various fields, like chemistry, physics, medicine, etc. which benefit mankind. Unfortunately, today's selection committee is more concerned with making a political statement than honoring genuine achievements to mankind in the peace category.

I also find it ironic that Gore would win this award since he clearly favors nature over man. In fact, man is the enemy of nature in Mr. Gore's world so awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize for work which benefits mankind is way off the mark.

And then there is the quality of his work in An Inconvenient Truth where a British court found that it contained numerous factual errors. Before teachers can show the film to students in Britain, they must now issue what amounts to a disclaimer.

There is a terrific article on the Nobel prizes and Mr. Gore at American Thinker:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/10/al_gore_and_the_mission_of_the.html

Congratulations to Al Gore. He's done a lot of work to raise awareness.

REPLY: And has put on a ton of weight, too! Must be all of the beef and champagne dinners he stuffs himself with when he hob nobs with his fellow elitest hypocrites.

Most politicians and business leaders -- regardless of political affiliation -- now agree with the science that says humans are contributing significantly to global warming. Even extreme conservatives, like Sam Brownback, believe that it's not only real, but that we must do something about it. You would not have seen this a few years ago.

REPLY: Yeah, to make themselves look good when the cameras are turned on!

Only the extremes of the extremists deny AGW. Many of them post on this blog.

REPLY: You betcha, big boy. And we are not going away.

Either they can choose to be a part of the solution,

REPLY: There is nothing to solve.

or they can be ignored. Right now, they're choosing to be ignored.

REPLY: Nope, we are choosing to ignore your constant rants for politcial/Governmental control and Enviro-alarmism. That is whats being ignored.

The Extremist AMERICAN

I personally believe that AGW theory is relatively accurate as a model of the real processes occuring in our climate today. However, I am not a "sheep." I have come to this conclusion after having become aware of large amounts of data in support of AGW. But I hate the idea of global warming, and I would love it if someone could show that the world has not been warming, that all this warming talk has just been statistical error. But I just , honestly don't believe that to be the case. However, my mind is always open.

Question:
If the IPCC is supposed to be an unbiased scientific body, why are they being given an award for political advocacy?
Just wondering......

Gary - that's funny! I made that joke when Gore received that 'award'. I hope it happens.

Used to have respect for the Nobel Committee especially for granting the physics, medicine etc to the right people. I wouldn't take the peace prize too seriously, in fact I think it probably demeans the IPCC (should have won a scientific prize, if anything) but not Mr Gore. At current temp trends (flat or falling) they... (nobel committee and winners), may indeed be red faced in about 4 years time. I did not object to Bob Carter getting it. I think he has done an exemplary peace keeping job especially in his retirement. Who knows.. maybe in the future Al gore and The IPCC will apologize for their mistake (just joking)

Re: The Oscar academy has been asked to strip Gore and David of their award

Can the prize committee be asked to rescind the Nobel since it has now been established that Gore lied? Or is it permissible to lie in the pursuit of 'peace'?

Yes, I find it ironic that they picked algore over Irena Sendler, a woman who rescued Polish children in World War II from certain death in Nazi concentration camps.

Who do you think really deserves the prize?

Some humor from the folks at RealClimate.

http://www.realclimate.org/

Fair is fair. Shouldn't Al Gore send a thank you note to all the right-wing nutjobs who have abandoned the scientific high ground and left him standing there alone. I mean after all, without climate change (which to be fair, he was among the first to embrace), he would just be another washed up politician. Now he has an Academy Award, a Nobel Peace Prize and bookies have cut the odds on his becoming President from 10:1 to 8:1. He couldn't have done it without the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, Senator James Inhoff, Rush Limbaugh, The Cato Institute, Exx-Mob etc. Come on guys step up and take a bow!