Comments on: Gore, UN-IPCC Win Nobel Peace Prize http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/10/12/gore-un-ipcc-win-nobel-peace-prize/ Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:12:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Curtis http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/10/12/gore-un-ipcc-win-nobel-peace-prize/#comment-38400 Curtis Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:35:10 +0000 http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/10/12/gore-un-ipcc-win-nobel-peace-prize/#comment-38400 I agree, QB. I think there is room for constructive criticism of the Nobel criteria, but at the end of the day, having read commentary from several members of the committee to get a sense of their reasoning, I think there can be little doubt that their intentions were as clear and honorable as in any other year. Gore and the scientific bodies whose work he represents are highly deserving of positive attention. I agree, QB. I think there is room for constructive criticism of the Nobel criteria, but at the end of the day, having read commentary from several members of the committee to get a sense of their reasoning, I think there can be little doubt that their intentions were as clear and honorable as in any other year. Gore and the scientific bodies whose work he represents are highly deserving of positive attention.

]]> By: QB http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/10/12/gore-un-ipcc-win-nobel-peace-prize/#comment-38360 QB Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:02:57 +0000 http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/10/12/gore-un-ipcc-win-nobel-peace-prize/#comment-38360 Al Gore deserved the Noble prize. Al Gore deserved the Noble prize.

]]> By: Curtis http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/10/12/gore-un-ipcc-win-nobel-peace-prize/#comment-38261 Curtis Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:03:20 +0000 http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/10/12/gore-un-ipcc-win-nobel-peace-prize/#comment-38261 Well said, kip. I am hoping that this award will at least have the effect of demonstrating to the international public that the issue of climate change is one that the world's sciences and letters community takes far more seriously than some national governments and large corporations. I have written previously that Mr. Gore is obviously not without his own political motivations; but I think it says a hell of a lot that he is waging this campaign outside of the U.S. political arena, and I hope that the public's general distaste for showboat politics will not discolor the fine work he has been doing to support the scientific community. Well said, kip.

I am hoping that this award will at least have the effect of demonstrating to the international public that the issue of climate change is one that the world’s sciences and letters community takes far more seriously than some national governments and large corporations.

I have written previously that Mr. Gore is obviously not without his own political motivations; but I think it says a hell of a lot that he is waging this campaign outside of the U.S. political arena, and I hope that the public’s general distaste for showboat politics will not discolor the fine work he has been doing to support the scientific community.

]]> By: kip http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/10/12/gore-un-ipcc-win-nobel-peace-prize/#comment-38253 kip Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:35:41 +0000 http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/10/12/gore-un-ipcc-win-nobel-peace-prize/#comment-38253 Gore is a great man, and he's done a hell of a lot. Of course, all his hard work is meaningless as long as "industrial protectionism" rules the day. Gore is a great man, and he’s done a hell of a lot. Of course, all his hard work is meaningless as long as “industrial protectionism” rules the day.

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