Alas raving Al Gore has upset a constituency he can't afford to offend, namely global warming activists. Yes, Gore's 24 hour telethon, dubbed the Goreathon by allies and enemies alike was a colossal bust. "Death by PowerPoint" was one description of the almost endless display of slides. Not only did Gore's normally sympathetic critics denounce his presentational limitations they didn't like him either. I would have never thought of comparing him to Jimmy Swaggart but now I concede the comparison is appropriate. Two German activists mocked his apocalyptic tone and his promise of salvation. In other word we are beset by hurricanes, droughts and floods but if we adopt Gore's recommendations they'll go away.
I actually avoided the Goreathon, and I guess that says something in itself,” Mike Shanahan of the International Institute for Environment and Development wrote. He added that a journalist sent him a text declaring: “Gore gets gold for most boring and least galvanizing talk on climate, ever...That, and possibly damaging.”
“Overall, I don't think this (Gore's) initiative will do much good. For one thing, Al Gore is now as much a hindrance as a help on climate change advocacy, as he's been characterized (probably unfairly) as a highly partisan figure, and so immediately gets about half of all folks offside,” Barry W. Brook, the director of climate science at the Environment Institute at University of Adelaide in Australia, said.
Canada" Sun TV's Charles Adler warned of a “dangerous cult of personality” surrounding Gore. He mocked Gore as a prophet who was “going to hold back droughts.”
Surely, seeing a once idealistic movement disguised as a science reduced to childish name calling and data manipulation must pain the global warming community.
I actually avoided the Goreathon, and I guess that says something in itself,” Mike Shanahan of the International Institute for Environment and Development wrote. He added that a journalist sent him a text declaring: “Gore gets gold for most boring and least galvanizing talk on climate, ever...That, and possibly damaging.”
“Overall, I don't think this (Gore's) initiative will do much good. For one thing, Al Gore is now as much a hindrance as a help on climate change advocacy, as he's been characterized (probably unfairly) as a highly partisan figure, and so immediately gets about half of all folks offside,” Barry W. Brook, the director of climate science at the Environment Institute at University of Adelaide in Australia, said.
Canada" Sun TV's Charles Adler warned of a “dangerous cult of personality” surrounding Gore. He mocked Gore as a prophet who was “going to hold back droughts.”
Surely, seeing a once idealistic movement disguised as a science reduced to childish name calling and data manipulation must pain the global warming community.
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