As I haven’t been to the US during the past years, I can’t really argue if what Al Gore did was really worth a Noble prize or if this was just a nice public relations gag from Oslo. But it shows how serious some people see the problem of global warming.
To me this discussion is pretty funny. Lately I read that the ozone hole above Antartica suddently shrunk by 30% in just a year – and certainly not due to measures taken against global warming. 30% reduction in such a short period of time is a totally natural process – according to scientists. Then why were the past increases of less than 10% a climatic catastrophy created by mankind?
When I arrived for the first time in Germany almost 20 years ago, it was a very hot and dry summer. Well this year it was another cold and rainy summer and I had to scratch ice from my windshield already in September (last year it was in October and the year before almost in November) – that’s what I call global warming! Ah, by the way: Did you know that just a few thousands years ago Europe (and North America) was almost completely covered by ice? And it all melted away without the “help” of human civilisation. Maybe we are not the only factor in global warming and maybe the effect of our costly efforts to stop global warming can be neglected on a global basis. Maybe?
