Reply #37: Mr. Gore's own words on the subject:

[JTFrog]

"I am under no illusions that any position has as much ability to influence change as the presidency does. If the President made climate change the organizing principle, the filter through which everything else had to flow, then that could really make a huge difference."

There it is. Al Gore placing the greatest power to save the planet firmly in the hands of the Unites States presidency.