Gore gets standing ovation from packed room at AAAS meeting

[bananas]

http://blogs.spectrum.ieee.org/tech_talk/2009/02/al_gore_calls_on_all_scientist.html

Al Gore calls on all scientists to fight against global warming

Speaking to a packed audience at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science currently underway in Chicago, former US vice president Al Gore called on all scientists to help fight against global warming, and for every scientist to use his or position of respect and trust among fellow citizens and neigbors to raise awareness of the problem the world is facing.

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He was preaching to the choir. Most scientists believe that human activity has led to climate change.

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Gore got a standing ovation from the scientists present.

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. And he gave this Valentine's Day card to everyone who attended

[MrModerate]

2. Well *scientists,* of course . . .

their embrace of reality and its "well-known liberal bias" means they can hardly be trusted with anything that's not fact-based.

[aquart]

3. I would have stood, too.

[Autonomy]

4. They're all in the pocket of Big Science n/t

[bananas]

5. Video at the AAAS website

Press release: http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2009/0215am_gore.shtml
RealVideo: http://www.aaas.org/meetings/2009/program/lectures/media/gore.ram (58 minutes)