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Does the Nobel Peace Prize legitimize the global warming issue? 10/12/07

So former Vice President Al Gore won the Nobel peace prize for his work on global warming.  The scientific debate is far from over, but an international panel of scientist seem to agree the earth is getting warmer.  But there are many who say global warming is a highly politicized issue that doesn't really stand on strong scientific ground.  They say the earth has always been getting warmer, and the amount of pollution people produce is just a drop in the bucket.  What do you think?  Does having a Nobel Peace Prize legitimize the global warming issue as real?
Published Friday, October 12, 2007 6:44 AM by Kiyoshi Tomono

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carmnkev said:

I do not think this legitimize the global warming issue.  Al Gore is very much a hipacrept about this isue when you see him in his big SUV Limo and his huge home that use more engery in one month then most peoples homes use in one year.

Thank You

Kevin Lewis
October 12, 2007 8:51 AM
 

creepykat said:

I am amused by the PG&E commercial that states PG&E is a leader to "fight global warming." Why not "fight" an earthquake or volcano while they're at it? Global warming is a natural cycle. So are ice ages. The Polar cap is not melting because anybody used deodorant out of a spray can.

As impressive as an Oscar and Nobel Prize may be, I remain unimpressed and skeptical of Al Gore's premise that "we" caused global warming. The climate is changing. That is an obvious fact and one would be hard put to find a scientist to say it isn't. The changes and displacement caused by global warming will be the political issues, not the global warming itself.

This does not mean we should not recycle or innovate alternative energy. Reducing the content of landfills, planting green in our concrete environment and promoting clean water and air certainly improves the quality of life. Nor can burning down the Rain Forest or overfishing the oceans be done without consequenses. But to say planting trees, saving polar bears and whales, or not refining oil will alter global warming is a misguided motive.

October 13, 2007 2:40 PM
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About Kiyoshi Tomono

Kiyoshi Tomono joined the 17 News team in March of 2004. He currently anchors 17 News at Sunrise and reports for other newscasts. Kiyoshi has won two Golden Mike Awards and an Associated Press Mark Twain award for his investigative and feature reporting. He is also the recipient of the 2008 RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for investigating reporting on Crisp and Cole Real Estate that ended in an FBI raid of the company

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