Canada's Al Gore fires up environmental debate

[RestoreGore]

I love David Suzuki. His work on environmental causes has moved climate change to where the politicians are seeing a tipping point, and that is exactly the power that people have when the message is delivered passionately, sincerely, and effectively. This is also what Al Gore has wanted to do and can now finally do in his life. Imagine him saying this to David Suzuki in 1988:

"Don't look for politicians like me. If you want to bring about change, you have to convince the public there is a problem. Show them there are solutions. Get them to care, and demand that something be done."

Well now, Mr. Gore is no longer a politician like them, and to me that is a very good thing because if he can have as much of an effect on the people of this country to move on the climate crisis as David Suzuki has had in Canada, we have one great advocate on our side and a real chance to see this crisis through to save this planet that we are destroying by our own hand.

That is why for the life of me I cannot understand why some keep pushing him to run for president in this decrepid political system knowing what it is, and where his momentum on this and his passion for it that he can finally show after being a "politician" all of those years would definitely have to be put on a backburner. He is putting his country and this planet before anything else by taking on this challenge now, and like David Suzuki (who BTW has never needed to be a "politician" in order to make great change) even though they come from different lives, their purpose is one and the same and it is frankly the most noble purpose of all: sustaining our life force for future generations. What could be more important than that?

People do see this and they do see the big picture and more are seeing it every day which proves that Mr. Gore's strategy and efforts are working, and that is what we need in order to begin a process in this country that should have begun in 1988. I actually wish now that Mr. Gore had chosen not to go into politics. I wish he had followed his heart then on this, because this country would have needed that long it seems to catch up with the rest of the world on this issue. That is why in An Inconvenient Truth he admits the political process failed, and that is why he is out here doing this now.

To me he is now the environmental soul of America as David Suzuki is the environmental soul of Canada. And just as much as David Suzuki is now called Canada's Al Gore, I think Mr. Gore would be very honored to be called America's David Suzuki.

And that is what this is all about, and at this stage it is crucial. It is not about selfish poiltical gain or using this crisis to fluff up another agenda, but doing what Mr. Gore said all those years ago in getting the people to see the problem, feel the urgency, lead them to solutions, and then demand that the "politicians" do something about it. This country is VERY late in that process however, and the success of it now rests with us not Mr. Gore, and not Mr Suzuki.

They are doing their part and they are doing it very well, as Mr. Gore is now doing what he has always wanted to do even in 1988 when he was a "politician" already knowing that depending on the political process would get the environment nowhere. It is now obvious to me as well that the only way to make real progress in solving this crisis is from the grassroots. I thank David Suzuki for all of his contributions to the environment and for proving that you don't have to be in politics to influence it. As a matter of fact, many times politics is only changed through the efforts of those untouched by its poison.
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http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2007/05/06/news/world/iq_3933032.txt

Excerpt:

Canada's Al Gore fires up environmental debate
By DOUG STRUCK, Washington Post

Sunday, May 06, 2007

He bluntly dismisses critics who question the theory of man-made global warming. "I'm amazed you are even bringing this up," he fumed in a February radio interview when asked about global warming skeptics. "Don't even get on to that," he said angrily. "The science is in."

He laments what he considers lost years of opportunity, since scientists' early warning that humankind must reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "If we had done what they said in '88, we would have been so far past the Kyoto targets," he said. "The world would be a cleaner, safer place. Instead, it has taken almost 20 years" to regain momentum.

But that moment has come again. Canadians have put global warming on the top of the list of their chief worries, according to polls. Provincial governments are competing to put forth the greenest agenda. And the opposition Liberal Party selected a backpacking environmentalist to lead the party, betting the chief issue in the next national election will be climate change.

The ruling Conservatives, scrambling to catch up, gave Suzuki grudging credit in a secret strategy paper pondering ways to appeal to a growing segment of Canadians they branded "the Suzuki Nation."

"Huge things are happening," he said. "Industries know something is going on, and they can't ignore it anymore. I think there will be a sea change. I think we can get there.
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[razzleberry]

1. Canada has done nothing

business as usual